The COVID-19 pandemic is upending economies across the globe, triggering a wave of unexpected disputes arising from contract breaches and...
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The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has released an update to its Arbitration Rules, which will take effect on 1 October...
The Japanese Government has introduced amendments to the Act on Special Measures concerning the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign...
On 20 August 2020, the ICSID arbitration tribunal in Portigon AG v Kingdom of Spain rendered a ground-breaking decision that opens the...
To allow certain third-country firms to continue proprietary business (Eigengeschäft) without requiring a licence in Germany, the German...
On 26 August 2020, Legislative Decree no.100/2020 ('the Decree'), which implements in Italy the sixth EU directive on administrative...
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)’s offices sit on the 55th floor of the city's glistening International Financial Centre, some 200...
As the end of the transition period looms, questions mount as to the form the UK’s public procurement remedies regime will take once it...
On 4 June 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation paper (PDF) setting out draft regulatory technical standard...
On 4 June 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation paper (PDF) on the implementation of the new prudential...
It would be uncharitable (but sometimes accurate) to suggest that reading patent judgments is a good cure for insomnia. Something that...
In January, a draft bill reforming the crime of money laundering in Germany (section 261 of the German Criminal Code (StGB)) was leaked....