US bidders had the opportunity to capitalize on the strength of the dollar in 2022, which rallied as the Federal Reserve took action on its interest rate policy to curb inflation...

For patent lawyers, 2006 appears poised to be a benchmark year. A group of important cases challenging fundamental issues of patent law are on the US Supreme Court docket. At issue are basic questions such as "what can be patented?" and "what remedies can be imposed by courts for plaintiffs in patent cases?" The outcome of these cases are of concern far beyond the US Patent Bar. Financial services providers and industry groups, among many others, have sought to have their voices heard in these

The UK’s extradition legislation was completely overhauled by the implementation of the Extradition Act 2003 (‘the 2003 Act’).

Under the PPAs, SunPower, which is controlled by French oil company Total, and LAP's San Juan will supply 60 per cent of the transport system's energy demands.

The Turkish foreign direct investment (FDI) regime is mainly regulated under the Turkish FDI Law published in 2003 and the Turkish FDI Regulation. Turkish FDI Law provides that foreign and Turkish...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is intensifying its oversight of foreign drug manufacturing facilities in response to longstanding challenges in inspection practices, staffing shortages and a significant inspection backlog.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (the "Court") on 14 September 2010 handed down a landmark judgment in an appeal brought by Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd.

In a recent decision vacating a jury's $358 million award for patent infringement, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sent a message to district courts – and to litigants – that it will no longer tolerate awards based on insufficient, irrelevant or unexplained evidence.

The European Commission's hesitation to provide a legal definition of nanomaterials came to an end last week when its services adopted and released a long-awaited and much-debated recommendation for a regulatory definition for nanomaterials on 18 October.

Deals are generally approved, but reviews are often taking longer and transactions are being scrutinized rigorously.

The White & Case Broker-Dealer Update provides a brief overview of some of the latest legislative, regulatory and judicial actions, policy statements and decisions that affect broker-dealers.

The Ninth Circuit issued a ruling earlier this month that has handed the federal government another tool in its discovery belt and provides defense counsel with fair warning as they prepare to defend white-collar clients.

In the US, the trading of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-reduction credits is underway in a large group of states on the East Coast and in California.

New formal cybersecurity standards covering US financial institutions could have ramifications that reach far beyond New York.

On the latest episode of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section's podcast "Our Curious Amalgam," Axinn partner James Hunsberger joins co-host Jaclyn Phillips (White & Case) for a discussion with guest John Terzaken (Simpson Thacher) about his latest global cartel enforcement forecast.

Managing Director Andrew Stivers is joined by former White & Case Partner Jaclyn Phillips and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Associate Alysha Pannu as they discuss privacy litigation...

On December 22, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005, extending through December 31, 2007, the US Terrorism Risk Insurance Program under which the United States assists in compensating for insured commercial property and casualty losses resulting from an act of terrorism certified as such by the Secretary of the Treasury.

The fight against global climate change reached the next level this February when the Kyoto Protocol came into effect. Under the international treaty, the European community agreed to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 8 percent below its 1990 levels starting in 2008. One of the elements of the EU's combat strategy in this environmental effort is emissions trading.

Opinion 1/09 – the Advocates General of the European Court of Justice consider that a draft agreement which would create an EU-wide patent court is, as it stands, incompatible with the EU Treaties

Competition law is, in the authors' views, seldom given the consideration it deserves by outsourcing practitioners. This article will endeavour to redress the balance.