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Firm
Celebrates 75th Anniversary
On
July 4, a cocktail reception was held at the Las Caobas
Hotel in San Francisco de Macorís to celebrate
the 75th anniversary of our firm. In attendance
were many justices and judges of the Supreme Court
and the lower courts, lawyers from many parts of the
country and clients of the firm. In
his keynote speech, Fabio J. Guzmán,
managing partner of the firm, announced the expansion
of the Santo Domingo office of the firm and the possibility
of opening a new office in La Romana.
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New
Code of Criminal Procedure
After two years of
deliberations, the Senate approved on July 2 a new
Code of Criminal Procedure. The new Code constitutes
a sea change with respect to the old Code which essentially
dated from 1810. Of special interest are new provisions
extending the rights of the accused.
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Law vs. Money Laundering
New Law vs. Money LaunderingThe Dominican Chamber
of Deputies recently approved new legislation against
the laundering of funds obtained through the traffic
in illicit drugs. According to the new law, convicted
money launderers will be punished with imprisonment
from 3 to 10 years and fines of 50 to 100 times the
minimum salary. There will be no bail for the accused
during trial. Financial institutions will be subject
to more strict reporting to the authorities of suspicious
deposits.
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Anti-Dumping
Law Passed
President Mejía signed into law the first Dominican
Anti-Dumping legislation to protect local producers
from imports at prices considered below the ones charged
in their countries of origin. Local manufacturers
affected by the dumping of imports will now have the
right to request the President to adopt protective
measures and temporary safeguards to prevent or compensate
the effects of the dumping. Enforcement of the law
will be the responsibility of a commission ("Comisión
Reguladora de Prácticas Desleales de Comercio
y Medidas de Salvaguarda") which will investigate,
prosecute and sanction dumping activities..
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Crash
of American Airlines Flight #587 to Santo Domingo
Guzmán Ariza is
the leading Dominican law firm assisting the families
of the victims of the crash of American Airlines Flight
#587 in New York last November 12. We have retained
the best law firms in the United States specializing
in the field of aviation litigation to help our clients
obtain full and just compensation for their loss.
For
more information, please contact us.
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