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Rolling back the point of no return: the English Supreme Court clarifies the balance sheet insolvency test

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The English Supreme Court's eagerly awaited decision on the Eurosail litigation, concerning how the "balance sheet" test for insolvency should be

Employment law watch - UK case law update

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 15 2013

It has been a busy few weeks with several new interesting employment cases being reported - here is a quick round up of a few that caught our eye:

California court finds securitization entities subject to California income tax

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

A California Superior Court has issued a decision with significant impact on financial services. In the case, Harley-Davidson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax

Deposition lojinks

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

Our last few weeks have been filled with depositions. Mostly we have been defending them. And mostly we have exited the proceedings feeling they were

‘Point of no return’ is not the point says Supreme Court

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

So Eurosail-UK 2007-3BL plc (Eurosail) is not 'balance sheet' insolvent, no event of default has occurred under the RMBS notes it has issued and a

New FIDIC guidance: should a party to a FIDIC contract be able to enforce a ‘binding’ DAB decision before the decision has become ‘final’?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • May 13 2013

The standard FIDIC form of contract contains a tiered dispute resolution provision (clause 20). The first step is a referral of a dispute to a

Liquidated damages and penalty clauses:a civil law versus common law comparison

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 12 2008

In the United States, a liquidated damage clause is intended to estimate damages in the event of non-performance or breach of contract

London arbitration 413 tribunal considers whether owners additional insurance against piracy risks was “necessary”

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 7 2013

The Tribunal considered whether it was "necessary" for Owners to take out additional insurance against piracy risks. The Tribunal adopted an

Tribunal considers issues of estoppel where a Singapore court had already concluded that the respondents were not in fact charterers of the subject vessel

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • May 7 2013

Disputes arose under a time charter. Owners commenced arbitration proceedings, contending that the Respondents, a company incorporated in St Vincent

The scope of HIPAA preemption in Florida: more questions than answers

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

On April 9, 2013, the Eleventh Circuit held that HIPAA preempts a Florida statute that requires nursing homes to release medical records of deceased