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US whistleblowing protection for employee based in France - potential extra-territorial application of Sarbanes-Oxley provisions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 5 2008

A recent decision of the US District Court in Manhattan has ruled that an employee of a French company, who was based in France, was entitled to claim whistleblowing protection under the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX"

Court-assisted discovery available in international arbitration

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 8 2007

The US courts recently confirmed in In re Roz Trading Limited 469 F. Supp. 2d 1221 (N.D. Ga., 2006) that Section 1782 of the Federal Rules of Civil procedure is available to parties in international arbitration

Current approaches to issues of arbitrator bias

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • August 8 2007

Three recent cases have clarified the law to be applied in this area, one in the UK and two in the US

Contentious and regulatory issues in 2008

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • April 14 2008

Litigation is growing in England, as it is in the US, as investors and counterparties seek to recover losses sustained in the credit crunch

Landmark Supreme Court decision awaited on parties' agreements to expand grounds for judicial review of awards

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 5 2008

A landmark decision is awaited in the US Supreme Court case of Hall Street v Mattel

Morrison v National Australia Bank

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • July 1 2010

In a decision of great significance to non-US issuers and their shareholders, the US Supreme Court has clarified and restricted the extra-territorial application of the anti-fraud provisions of US federal securities laws

Corporate crime update April 2013 - United States

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

Hungarian nationals Beatrix Boka and Aleksandar Kunkin were sentenced to serve 36 and 46 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in gaining

Changing online terms without notifying customers is a risky business

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • October 8 2007

A recent US court ruling is a harsh reminder that unless customers are given sufficient notice of changes to online contracts (eg, subscriptions, website terms of use, conditions of sale) the changes will not be binding

Online gambling and the WTO: the e-commerce aftershock

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 19 2007

The first internet gambling case brought under the WTO in which it found that the US prohibition on cross-border online gambling breached the WTO, has sent ripples through the online industry

Landmark Supreme Court decision prevents expansion of judicial review by agreement

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2008

The US Supreme Court has delivered its long-awaited ruling in Hall Street Associates v Mattel, holding that parties are not at liberty under US law to agree to extend the scope of judicial review of arbitration awards beyond the grounds specified in the US Federal Arbitration Act

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