International Law & Trade – May 23, 2012

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/23/2012

The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Smallwood v. Allied Van Lines, et al., No. 09-56714 (9th Cir. 2011), discusses the important interplay between federal law and private contracts containing arbitration clauses. The topic...more

by Bryan Cave on 5/23/2012

It is quite rare for an agreement to state expressly which law shall be applicable to the arbitration clause, because it normally forms part of the agreement. It has been accepted in many cases as well as in the leading...more

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/21/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission brought a complaint against the former Chief Financial Officer of a now defunct investment adviser seeking enforcement of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (IAA). The U.S. District...more

by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 5/21/2012

Reuters recently reported a study showing that corporations face very long odds in tax appeals heard by the United States Supreme Court. There were 919 income tax cases in the Supreme Court of the United States from 1909 to...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/16/2012

Steven Prophet v. International Lifestyles, Inc., No. 11-12046 (11th Cir. 2011), is a Court of Appeals articulation of an important issue in international litigation. The issue arises in many contexts where district courts...more

by Dechert LLP on 5/15/2012

In This Issue: - Head in the Cloud? Achieving Savings While Managing Risks in the United States - Country Risk: Illustrated - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Outsourcing Guidance Excerpt from...more

by Michael Volkov on 5/14/2012

Companies hire lawyers for a reason. Hopefully, they do so for more than one reason. Lawyers provide several important benefits, contrary to all the jokes and ridicule against the profession. The attorney-client...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/11/2012

Gucci America, Inc. v. Guess?, Inc., 09 Civ. 4373 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)(SAS)(JLC), discusses the growing issue in international litigation of the “extraterritorial” application of federal laws, in this case the Lanham Act’s...more