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What is Malaysian Legal Alert (MLA)? |
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Malaysian Legal Alert (or MLA) is a weekly update service on Malaysian law and tax. It aims to provide an overview of the latest legal and tax developments by providing weekly summaries of such developments. The weekly updates are sent by e-mail, usually on Mondays.Know more about MLA. |
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MLA also provides a complimentary archive search facility (via MLA Manager) to its subscribers.
MLA Manager, an online search engine accessible through the MLA website at www.malaysianlegalalert.com, allows subscribers to search MLA archives (of 12
months).
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MLA is currently read by over 6000 individuals including lawyers, in-house counsels, tax practitioners, company directors, law faculty members, law librarians and students. |
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Is MLA a database? |
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MLA is not a database. It is not intended to be one. It is a weekly electronic newsletter even though it provides subscribers a complimentary archive (12 months) search facility. |
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What do I get when I subscribe to MLA? |
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As noted above, when you subscribe to MLA, you will get weekly newsletters which list the latest updates on Malaysian legal and tax developments. The weekly updates are sent by e-mail, usually on Mondays.You will also be given access to an archive search facility, which allows you to search MLA archives (which contain MLA items
of the last 12 months). |
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Why should I subscribe to MLA? |
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MLA is the only comprehensive update service on Malaysian legal and tax developments. It provides exceptional value for the money and time spent: a typical reader spends less than 30 minutes and 10 ringgits a week on MLA to be alerted on all Malaysian legal and tax developments.Read the MLA Advantage. |
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Who should read MLA, and who actually reads MLA? |
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MLA is designed for busy professionals who deal with Malaysian law and tax on a regular basis: legal practitioners, tax practitioners, corporate counsels, judges and other court officers, law lecturers, directors, senior company officers, legal, risk and compliance officers, accountants, enforcement officers, paralegals, and law and business students. |
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MLA boasts of the who’s who in the Malaysian legal and tax industry as its clients. Currently, MLA is read by over 6000 individuals including lawyers, in-house counsels, tax practitioners, company directors, law faculty members, law librarians and students. A representative list of clients is available upon request; please send your request by e-mail tomla@muttath.com. |
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Who publishes MLA? How long has it been in publication? |
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MLA is published by Muttath Knowledge Management Services, a Malaysian incorporated company. To know more about the publishers, please visit www.muttath.com. |
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MLA was launched on 5 March 2007, and has since published over 225 weekly issues. |
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| CONTENTS, FEATURES AND FREQUENCY |
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What does MLA contain? |
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MLA monitors and gathers information from over 80 sources, summarises and reports all major developments. |
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A typical MLA Issue has 7 categories of information: legislation, judgments and rulings, guidelines, circulars and updates from regulatory bodies, news, events, books, articles, products and services. |
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How does it look like? |
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View a sample issue. |
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How recent is the data in MLA? |
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MLA is published on Mondays, and it contains legal and tax updates from the week before. |
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For example, an issue published on Monday, 19 July 2010 will carry legal and tax developments from Sunday, 11 July 2010 through Saturday, 17 July 2010. The cut off time is 6pm on Saturday. |
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How long is a typical MLA? |
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The length of MLA or the number of items reported in MLA depends on the reportable and available legal and tax developments in the relevant week. On an average, we report around 60 items (includes all categories such as legislation, judgments, news, regulatory, etc) a week. |
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Do I get to streamline the contents to suit my preferences? |
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Yes, you do. MLA allows you to sort MLA updates by categories (legislation, regulatory, etc) or practice areas (banking and finance, commercial law, etc). |
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For example, if you wish to view only legislation for the relevant week, you may simply click on legislation on the top banner. The viewing area will show our reports on the latest legislation. Similarly, if you wish to view developments in the “Banking & Finance” practice area only, you may simply select that practice area in the left column. The viewing area will show our reports on that practice area. |
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Do I get access to the full/original text of the items summarised in MLA? |
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While the objective (and the intended value) of MLA is to give you a quick overview of Malaysian legal and tax developments on a weekly basis, we do understand that you may at times wish to have access to the full text of some of the developments. Courtesy to an exclusive arrangement with Malaysian Legal and Tax Information Centre (MLTIC), MLA now provides (by way of hyperlink) the full/original text of most of the items reported in MLA. |
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Can I print the contents of MLA? |
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Yes. We have a printer-friendly version. Simply click on “print” on top banner of the MLA to view the printer friendly version, and proceed to print. |
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I like the PDF version of MLA, just like old times. Can I have it? |
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Yes, you can. Simply click PDF on the top banner to download the PDF version. The PDF version is optimised for viewing on the screen. |
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| SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION |
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How do I subscribe to MLA? |
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It only takes three simple steps to subscribe to MLA.Click here to view the steps. |
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How much does it cost? |
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MLA provides exceptional value for your money. The subscription rate of MLA depends on the number of users and estimated usage. It starts from as low as RM500 per annum for legal firms with less than 5 lawyers, and gradually, in very small increments, goes up. To know the exact rate,Get a Quote. |
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Is there a minimum subscription period? |
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Yes, the minimum subscription period is one year, starting from the day you subscribe. You may subscribe for longer periods and avail discounts that may be advertised from time to time on the MLA website atwww.malaysianlegalalert.com. |
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How often does MLA update me? How many updates are there in one year? |
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MLA updates you every week, on Mondays. You can expect around 48 issues a year. |
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