Following in the footsteps of the towns of Huntington, Babylon and East Hampton, the Town of Oyster Bay voted on March 7, 2023, to create a Bureau of Administrative Adjudication pursuant to Article 14-BB of the General...more
What is Section 1782 and how is it used in International Arbitration? In international arbitrations, the parties’ ability to obtain documents and testimony from the opposition is often limited....more
The world’s courts and judicial systems are reacting to the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in widely varied ways, presenting litigants with a confusing morass of conflicting situations and advice. In some...more
The Court of Appeal has sent a firm message to developers who seek to cut corners by knowingly breaching restrictive covenants. A recent decision means that 13 units of social housing, constructed on land on which building...more
Since November 2014, when the first IP courts were set up in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, China has been rapidly setting up new specialised IP tribunals throughout its vast hinterland. ...more
Since this landmark decision, a number of decisions were made by the JT in 2017 and a definite jurisprudence has emerged. • the JT's decisions giving guidance as to what is a "conflict of jurisdiction";...more