The Legal 500

Legal Developments worldwide

• Getting the breaks

  Shook, Hardy & Bacon currently authors the Insurance section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here .
  - Falcon Chambers

• Product liability and dietary supplements

  Shook, Hardy & Bacon currently authors the Insurance section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here .
  - Shook, Hardy & Bacon International LLP

• The calm before 
the storm: are 
you prepared for 
a dawn raid?

  WilmerHale currently authors the Fraud and Corporate Crime section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here .
  - WilmerHale

• International shipment of waste: transporters beware

  Burges Salmon LLP currently authors the Environment and Energy section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here
  - Burges Salmon LLP

• Cyprus Shipping Industry : Business as usual. Why despite recent events Cyprus remains an internatio

  Cyprus is the third most populated island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Traditionally Cyprus has always been at the heart of the seafaring trade and therefore always functioned as an important centre for trade and commerce. Today as a member of the European Union it remains an optimal business base. It is one of the most attractive locations for foreign investments worldwide. Foreign companies have been given the opportunity to invest and establish business in Cyprus on equal terms with local investors as no distinction is made between foreign and Cypriot companies.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• A Second Look at NDRC’s Most Recent Enforcement Cases against Price Violations in 2013

  On January 4, 2013, NDRC declared that Samsung, LG and four Taiwanese firms were fined RMB 350 million for fixing the prices of LCD screens during the period from 2001 to 2006  (" LCD Case "). On January 16, 2013, Maotai, one of most famous wine brands in China, declared that they were investigated by NDRC for its monopolistic behaviors and they therefore would modify all their sales policies that had violated the 2008 Anti-monopoly Law of PRC (" AML "), in particular the resale price maintenance policy. This was closely followed by the declaration of WuLiangYe, another wine magnet in China, which announced on January 17, 2013 that they would also abolish all the sales policies in violation of AML, after an investigation of NDRC.
  - Haoliwen Partners

• Protectors - role and duties

  In the Matter of the Representation of C, D, E and F and In the Matter of the A and B Trusts [2012] JRC 169A, in a judgment released at the end of April, the Royal Court of Jersey has provided welcome guidance as to the scope of the duties of a trust protector and the circumstances under which they may be removed by the court.
  - Bedell Cristin

• Maltese Depositary Liability Post-AIFMD

  With the transposition of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (" AIFMD ") in the offing, analysis on the transformation and legal implications of such on the role of the Depositary as a key and core service provider to Alternative Investment Funds (" AIFs ") is significant, given the central function and responsibility this position was conferred within this industry. 
  - Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates

• Revisiting Bartoline

  Macfarlanes LLP currently authors the Litigation & Dispute Resolution section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here .
  - Macfarlanes

• Rent in administration proceedings: a headache for landlords

  Druces currently authors the Insolvency and corporate restructuring section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here .
  - Druces