Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 18 Jul 2023
The judgment in the appeal of Quadra Commodities S.A. V XL Insurance Company SE and Others [2023] EWCA Civ 432 sheds some light on determining…
Lexology PRO | Africa, Asia-Pacific, European Union, etc. | 16 Jan 2024
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 recommends that companies prioritise localised strategies and cross-border collaboration to combat the greatest socio-economic risks of 2024 and beyond.
RPC | United Kingdom | 13 Dec 2023
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc v Goodrich Corporation [2023] EWHC 2002 (Comm). What is the courts’ approach to awarding statutory interest when a contract…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | United Kingdom, USA | 26 Oct 2023
After years of transition efforts, the benchmark interest rate for nearly all commercial loans for the past 40 years (LIBOR) has been phased out and…
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 22 Feb 2011
Reversing a controversial decision and judgment of the bankruptcy court, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida has held that a group of lenders who received payment in settlement of their defaulted debt from the proceeds of new loans secured by the assets of certain subsidiaries of TOUSA, Inc. which were not themselves liable on that debt, did not receive......
Greenberg Traurig LLP | USA | 1 Sep 2010
Any attorney who has practiced law for some period of time has encountered cocounsel or opposing counsel who release a thick set of documents (usually by e-mail robot) around the close of business on a Friday night with a call-in number to discuss comments bright and early on the next Monday morning.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Singapore | 20 Jul 2016
Market players hail the establishment of a separate subsidiary to handle regulatory functions in response to concerns about conflicts of interest in…
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP | USA | 9 Aug 2011
The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, in an effort to reduce the evasion of U.S. tax obligations through the establishment of accounts at foreign financial institutions or by holding assets through other, nonfinancial foreign entities, included the provisions that are now commonly referred to as FATCA.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | USA | 21 Dec 2009
On December 9, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4213, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009 (the “Bill”), by a vote of 241 to 181.
Simpson Grierson | New Zealand | 22 Sep 2011
The Members' Interests Act (MIA) is up for overhaul, and not before time.