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Highly anticipated in financial circles, the Regional Court Frankfurt am Main (Landgericht, "LG") has now published its ruling dated December 17, 2004 regarding the assignability of loan receivables in view of the principle of banking secrecy (Az. 2/21 O 96/02).

Parties to litigation are typically required to identify, preserve, retrieve, review and produce electronically stored information (ESI) within their control that is potentially responsive to the matter.

The SEC finalized amendments under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), that (1) require registered investment companies ("funds") that rely on certain commonly used exemptive rules to comply with new fund governance requirements, and (2) obligate funds to retain written information reviewed by directors in connection with approving or renewing advisory agreements.

Nearly all outsourcings start with some measure of supplier competition, even if only short lived. The customer typically has some amount of interaction with multiple prospective suppliers before settling on one. That is where the paths of outsourcing customers may diverge. Some customers follow a competitive bidding process, obtaining commitments to price and business terms from multiple suppliers. Other customers go to substantive discussions with just one supplier. Th

In today's global marketplace, an increasing number of technology driven companies include R&D outsourcing as part of their business practice. Some industry sectors even consider the viability of technology outsourcing as a prerequisite to any high-impact business plan.

One of the fundamental tools in an outsourcing lawyer's toolbox is the ability to categorize and resolve issues in a markup.

Offshore outsourcing retains an allure that the growth of hybrid cloud services and service integrator delivery models cannot entirely dispel.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has expressed significant concern with respect to the practice of some registered investment advisers and investment companies ("registrants") to outsource compliance functions.

Generative AI is fundamentally reshaping the economics that drove decades of outsourcing growth, automating routine tasks that companies previously sent offshore for cost savings. As AI capabilities expand, organizations face critical decisions about which work to keep in-house, what to automate, and how to restructure their relationships with outsourcing partners.

Did you know that companies have an average cost savings of at least 20% when they outsource accounting? How about that 65% of businesses agree that outsourcing accounting functions unlocks...

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) announced on November 12, 2013 that he had introduced a bill called the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety.

In previous recessions, outsourcing activity has actually increased. Is history likely to repeat itself? And, if it does, what particular features of the current outsourcing and offshoring industries are outsourcers likely to use most?

Business decisions to outsource often focus on the need to improve service performance and drive innovation. At the outset of an outsource process, most service providers enthusiastically promote their “transformational” outsourcing services and the resulting improvements and innovation. But companies mostly find that, once a contract is signed, much-promised performance improvements and innovation rarely materialise.

In 1991, the United States Sentencing Commission issued the first Federal Sentencing Guidelines applicable to the sentencing of "organizations" convicted of federal crimes. Until then, the Sentencing Guidelines applied only to individuals. The Commission has just proposed new amendments to the "organizational guidelines," which will become effective later this year in the absence of action by Congress.

Does creating a joint venture between a mortgage company and a title company (Joint Venture) violate the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA)? In order to avoid violating RESPA there are several elements that must be considered when creating and operating a joint venture.

The significant growth in the business process outsourcing market in the U.S. presents increasing risk for customers.

Our recent research study, ‘Private Equity: Where Challenges Meet Opportunities', revealed a growing appetite for outsourcing while uncovering some surprising trends.

Recently, I have read several articles discussing what is becoming referred to as the "On Demand Workplace."