A number of cases involving former executives have received national attention recently and serve as a good reminder that trade-secret, non-solicitation, and non-competition controversies can arise at the highest level of a company.

On February 27, 2012, the Virginia Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the petition for rehearing in Steadfast Insurance Co. v. AES Corporation (Steadfast).

Recent initial public offerings bring hope of improved liquidity for venture capital investments. But venture capitalists (VCs) and the companies they incubate continue to face turbulent economic conditions in 2010.

Wakefield Quin advised client Savannah Petroleum PLC on Bermuda law financing and security matters relating to a credit facility to Seven Energy, a leading integrated gas company in south east Nigeria, with upstream oil and gas interests in the region.

On 27 October 2011, the German Parliament ("Bundestag") finally passed the "Act for the Further Facilitation of the Restructuring of Companies" ("Gesetz zur weiteren Erleichterung der Sanierung von Unternehmen, ESUG", BT-Drs: 17/7511) (ESUG).

The CFTC and the DOJ both now pursue enforcement actions against trading in commodities based on misappropriation of confidential information.

On November 4, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved long-anticipated modifications to the corporate governance listing standards of both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq National Market.

Regulators once again offered piecemeal guidance, while focusing on risks and enforcement. Meanwhile, innovation and institutional adoption took off.

In a recent decision with potentially broad implications for home builders and developers.

On October 24, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced the settlement of an investigation into alleged securities laws violations by Banco Espirito Santo S.A. (BES), a commercial bank headquartered in Portugal.

Appleby acted as Isle of Man counsel to KKR & co., a leading global investment firm, on its acquisition of Prometic Bioseparations Ltd from Liminal BioSciences Inc.

From 1 October 2011 new regulations will come into force in the UK providing parity for agency workers with directly-engaged workers (usually employees) of the hirer (i.e. the entity that receives the services of the agency worker) regarding pay, working time, vacation and overtime.

On November 2, 2004, Californians voted overwhelmingly in favor of curbing abuses related to the state’s Unfair Competition Law (commonly referred to as the UCL or Section 17200). Proposition 64 adds standing requirements for private enforcement of consumer lawsuits, requiring the plaintiff to have suffered injury or lost property as a result of the challenged business practice. It also requires any plaintiff who purports to sue on behalf of others to follow California class action procedures, w

The 4th Amended Finance Act for 2011 introduces a specific anti abuse mechanism designed to defeat the artificial allocation to a French corporation of debt in relation to the acquisition of shares of an entity (other than a real estate company) which is not controlled from France.

On October 27, 2011, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) made available the much anticipated targeted Supplement to the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States (Draft Supplement).

Employers with multijurisdictional operations increasingly seek to implement blanket policies that apply equally to their employees wherever they might be based.

Carey Olsen's corporate team in the Cayman Islands has advised Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...

The awards ceremony was a tremendous success and was attended by some of the top law firms in Europe.

Last week eToro announced the full launch of its cryptocurrency exchange, eToroX, which will support trading in six cryptocurrencies – BTC, BCH, ETH, XRP, LTC and DASH.

Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna led a delegation of financial practitioners and regulators to a series of business seminars held in New York between the 15th and 16th of April 2019.