International Law & Trade – May 23, 2012

by Barger & Wolen on 5/3/2012

On May 2, 2012, the California Assembly Insurance Committee approved a bill that would direct the insurance commissioner to treat a domestic insurer’s investment in a company that has business operations in Iran as a...more

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/18/2012

Section 2(a)(iii) of every standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement provides in relevant part that a non-defaulting party does not have to perform so long as any event of default or...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/9/2012

?The distribution of matters between federal and state court is a key consideration in the international practice sphere. In re Lehman Bros. Securities and ERISA Litigation?,? 09 MD 2017 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) (LAK), deserves study...more

by Kocks & Partners Rechtsanwälte Belgien on 3/27/2012

In this first article in a series of selected topics on franchise law in Belgium, we will have a closer look on the possibilities for parties to a franchise agreement to unilaterally terminate this franchise agreement under...more

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/16/2012

The Federal Circuit recently clarified the scope of review that the Court affords appeals from the International Trade Commission (ITC). In General Electric Co. v. U.S. Int’l Trade Comm'n, No. 2010-1223 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 29,...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 2/20/2012

In re BP p.l.c. Securities Litigation, MDL No. 10-md-2185 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 2012), is a 129-page decision comprehensively addressing the allegations underlying and the securities claims arising from the BP oil spill of...more

by María Luján López on 2/15/2012

Articulo publicado por primera vez en el portal de la Fundación Globalon, de Alicante, anticipando el futuro del Caso sobre Alberto Contador, luego de la sentencia del Tribunal Arbitral du Sport, que despertó la atención de...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 2/3/2012

We have been following the law’s development since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank (No. 08-1191). Morrison held that Section...more