If there’s one issue that is going to run and run for litigation lawyers it’s the cases coming out of the Libor scandal. Barclays and Deutsche failed last week in their attempt to get the Libor aspects dismissed in major financial misrepresentation claims against them. The City will be watching very closely. How’s your year […]
Brecher managing partner Nicky Richmond finds taste as big as the price as Mayfair’s latest Indian fusion eatery Gymkhana Gymkhana. I can’t help but think of those Thelwell cartoons. Little fat girls on even fatter ponies. Events that happen in the Home Counties. Rosettes. That sort of thing. I don’t automatically think sophisticated curry-house in Mayfair. […]
Luxembourg isn’t just a financial centre. Over the past few years, Luxembourg has made significant efforts to diversify its marketplace and to ensure its attractiveness as one of the leading countries in Europe in IT/IP and e-commerce. Recently, Luxembourg was ranked by the ITU among the top 10 countries worldwide in terms of overall ICT […]
Sports lawyers at Walker Morris have won a major employment legal case in the Court of Appeal for Crystal Palace FC. The case centred on the dismissal of a number of employees of Crystal Palace FC back in May 2010. With the serious prospect of liquidation, the decision was taken to run the club with […]
On 8 November 2013, the Court of Appeal handed down its much anticipated judgment in two related appeals, Graiseley Properties Ltd and others v Barclays Bank Plc and Deutsche Bank and others v Unitech Global Ltd and Unitech Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1372. In this judgment, the Court of Appeal has upheld an earlier Commercial […]
By Paolo Morante and Laura M Kam The US Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, has amended the premerger notification rules to clarify when a transfer of exclusive rights to a patent or part of a patent in the pharmaceutical industry is reportable under the […]
By Mike Pullen and Aline Doussin The EU and the US are entering the second round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks in Brussels, previously postponed due to the US government shutdown in October 2013. This round of negotiations intends to put the TTIP discussion process fully back on track in terms […]
By So-Eun Lee and Mary B Langowski The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Federal Register notice with its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not ‘generally recognised as safe’ (GRAS) for use in food. If this preliminary determination, […]
DLA Piper has been advising Equinix, a supplier of data centre services, on the acquisition of the Kleyer 90 Carrier Hotel in Frankfurt. The seller is a private investor from Berlin. Last year, Equinix acquired the German competitor ancotel, a European provider of network-neutral colocation and interconnection services. The team from DLA Piper under the management of […]
DLA Piper has been ranked as a leading firm in the 2014 edition of World Tax, a directory of the leading tax advisory firms that gives an objective analysis of market positions and development of a number of advisers. DLA Piper’s tax team in Ukraine is headed by Svitlana Musienko, who leads a team of five […]
By Mark A Nadeau, Laura M Kam and Cole J Schlabach The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued an important ruling restricting in-house counsel from acting as whistleblowers in litigation against their current or former employers. In United States ex rel Fair Laboratory Practices Associates v Quest Diagnostics Inc et al, […]
On 5 October 2013, the government of Ecuador announced that it has established a commission to audit the majority of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) to which it is party. The commission has been given a mandate to determine, inter alia, whether the BITs violate Ecuador’s sovereignty, whether previous arbitral tribunals have misinterpreted the BITs and whether […]