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New EU Counterfeit Goods Regulation

On 24 January 2013, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee of the European Parliament endorsed a new Regulation 5129/2013/EC setting out customs procedures for goods suspected of infringing intellectual...more

GAO reports on CPSC’s challenges in addressing product safety

The United States (US) Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) authority and ability to stay generally informed about new risks associated with consumer products and...more

Credit Crunch Digest -- September 2012

This issue of the Credit Crunch Digest focuses on various actions brought by the FDIC, as the receiver for failed banks, against large financial institutions for losses arising out of mortgage-backed securities sold to the...more

Paris International Litigation Bulletin no. 1

OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Legislative developments in France Page 1 Proceedings before French courts Page 1 European law Page 3 Foreign case law Page 4 FEATURES The French Supreme Court holds that an order to...more