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US court declines to recognise Cayman provisional liquidation proceedings

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • Cayman Islands, USA
  • -
  • October 31 2007

The US Bankruptcy Court has declined to recognise Cayman provisional liquidation proceedings (opened where the company was incorporated) as foreign main or non-main proceedings under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code (which replaced the regime under section 304 with which many will be familiar

Senator Levin and Representative Doggett introduce Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2009

On March 2, 2009 Senator Levin introduced the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (S. 506) in the Senate

U.S. Treasury proposal to reform over-the-counter derivatives markets

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 26 2009

New proposals on over-the-counter derivatives aim to reduce risk, promote efficiency, prevent fraud and ensure that such derivatives are not marketed to unsophisticated parties

Supreme Court watch: class action certification likely to become more difficult following Comcast v. Behrend

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

The United States Supreme Court held in Comcast v. Behrend that the same analytical principles that govern class certification in Federal

US Bankruptcy Court finds that payment conditionality is unenforceabe under Section 2 (a) (iii) of the ISDA Master Agreement

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 24 2009

The judge responsible for the Lehman bankruptcy proceedings in the United States has found that the provisions of the US bankruptcy code that exempt swap agreements and master netting agreements from the application of the Code's automatic stay and other relevant provisions do not permit a party to an ISDA Master Agreement to suspend performance under Section 2 (a) (iii) of the master agreement

US President orders Chinese acquisition unwound

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • October 4 2012

US President Barack Obama has blocked the acquisition of four wind farms by a Chinese-owned corporation

Seventh Circuit widens the scope for US courts to hear foreign price-fixing claims

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 25 2012

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has issued an en banc decision in Minn-Chem, Inc. v Agrium Inc. that may expand dramatically the extraterritorial reach of US antitrust laws

US COOL law violates WTO treaty

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • March 8 2012

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that US country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law violates international trade rules

Antitrust in the downturn

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • November 25 2008

The credit crunch and economic downturn have brought about new challenges for competition law, for those subject to it and for those who administer it

United States tightens rules on foreign tax credits and other international tax provisions

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2010

On August 10, the provisions tightening US foreign tax credit and other international tax rules become law

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