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Could this be the beginning of a global market of regulated gambling jurisdictions?

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Romania, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 8 2013

Online gambling in the UK is a huge industry and, despite the economic crisis, growth has been unprecedented in the last five years. At the moment

ACE and others to serve proceedings on Howden out of jurisdiction

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 23 2012

In Ace European Ltd & 5 ors v (1) Howden Group (2) Howden North America Inc (formerly Howden Buffalo Inc) 2012 EWHC 2427 (Comm), Mr Justice Field upheld his prior order granting permission to the claimant insurers (the Claimants), to serve proceedings seeking declaratory relief, out of the jurisdiction

LIBOR reforms - a litigation risk?

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 1 2012

We have today issued a client advisory on the final report proposing reform to the LIBOR quotation process

Solvency II: why US insurers and reinsurers may also need to be scared of the UK FSA

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 21 2012

Not long after he was appointed CEO of the UK's Financial Services Authority, Hector Sants said that individuals should be very afraid of the FSA

Former Innospec director pleads guilty to corruption

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 13 2012

In March 2010, Innospec Ltd, the UK arm of a US-based fuel additives manufacturer, pleaded guilty to charges of bribing public officials in Indonesia in a plea agreement with the SFO

High Court allows service out of jurisdiction for declaratory judgment

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 30 2011

In the case of Faraday Reinsurance Co Ltd v (1) Howden North America Inc (2) Howden Buffalo Inc 2011 EWHC 2837 (Comm), Howden sought to set aside an order allowing Faraday to serve it with proceedings out of the jurisdiction

Swept away

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 7 2011

Contingent business interruption (CBI) insurance, which provides coverage for a company’s financial loss caused by damage to its suppliers’ property, will therefore play a central role among UK and US companies seeking to recoup losses arising from the Japan disaster

Taxpayer-friendly guidance for US taxpayers residing in United Kingdom

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 15 2011

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Revenue Ruling 2011-19,1 which provides good news for many United States taxpayers who are long term residents of the United Kingdom

Argentina and the Vulture Funds no hiding place?

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Argentina, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 12 2011

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has recently decided that a New York judgment against the Republic of Argentina in respect of outstanding sovereign bonds can be enforced against the debtor's assets located within England and Wales

Some FCPA concepts are coming into focus: implications for the UK Bribery Act

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 30 2011

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been roundly criticized for its lack of clarity regarding key terms, such as "foreign official" and "instrumentality."