Fiduciary Duty, International Litigation

China Practice Newsletter: July-August 2019

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/15/2019

Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more

Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin: Issue 4 - May 2018: If You Don’t Succeed in Anguilla, Should You Try Again in the US?

Dechert LLP on 5/14/2018

Two United States Bankruptcy Judges for the Southern District of New York recently issued a joint opinion addressing common issues raised by motions to dismiss in two separate adversary proceedings – one pending before Judge...more

Who Is My Neighbour? Ontario Court Rejects a Duty of Care to Employees of Foreign Suppliers

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 7/24/2017

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently dismissed a proposed class action arising out of the collapse of a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh. On July 5, 2017, in Das v. George Weston Limited (Das), the court found...more

Investor’s Relocation to New York after Structuring a Financing Deal in Hong Kong Does Not Provide a Basis for Suit Against Swiss...

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/3/2017

In Ace Decade Holdings Ltd. v. UBS AG, No. 653316/2015, 2016 BL 413780 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 7, 2016), Justice Eileen Bransten of the Commercial Division dismissed a $500 million fraud suit brought by an investment holding...more

First Department Finds Forum Selection Clause in Earlier Agreement Valid Despite Later Agreement Providing for Arbitration

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 5/4/2016

In a 3-2 split decision, a New York appellate court determined that a forum selection clause providing for litigation in New York courts had not been explicitly terminated and thus trumped agreements to submit to arbitration...more

Fiduciary Duty › International Litigation

China Practice Newsletter: July-August 2019

Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin: Issue 4 - May 2018: If You Don’t Succeed in Anguilla, Should You Try Again in the US?

Who Is My Neighbour? Ontario Court Rejects a Duty of Care to Employees of Foreign Suppliers

Investor’s Relocation to New York after Structuring a Financing Deal in Hong Kong Does Not Provide a Basis for Suit Against Swiss...

First Department Finds Forum Selection Clause in Earlier Agreement Valid Despite Later Agreement Providing for Arbitration

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