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PPL Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Brief For Southeastern Legal Foundation, CATO Institute, And Goldwater Institute As Amici Curiae In Support Of The Petition For...

An American energy company called PPL bought one of many state-owned British utilities privatized in the 1980s. In 1997, PPL thus became subject to the U.K.'s new "windfall tax," which was based in part on "profit-making...more

TRANSACTIONAL: Choice of law in international contracts: An English law primer

With the increasing globalization of business, companies are regularly faced with choosing governing law for cross-border construction contracts. Invariably, for private international law, English law is a contender.[1] This...more