We often come across cases where contracts do not mean exactly what they appear to say.

The contract provided for a delayed completion to allow the buyer to obtain planning permission for the development of a block of apartments.

The Government plans on 6 April 2012 to increase the qualifying period of service required to have been completed for an employee to be able to claim unfair dismissal from one to two years in order to reduce the burden on business of unfair dismissal claims.

This is a reminder that effective January 1, 2011, California’s unclaimed property law will require that banking and financial organizations (including mutual funds) provide written notice to persons opening new accounts that their property may be transferred to the appropriate state (i.e., escheated) if no activity occurs in the account within the time period specified by state law.

How can you tell a monthly tenancy from a 90-year lease? It is harder than you might think — a recent case went all the way to the Supreme Court to find the answer.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held its 2026 Spring meetings in San Diego. The NAIC received updates from various working groups, including the RBC Investment Risk and Evaluation Working Group, Life RBC Working Group and the American Academy of Actuaries (“Academy”) on the proposals relating to capital charges (factors) for CLOs, Collateral Loans and other assets in order to refine and advance the regulatory framework governing capital treatment of such

This is a reminder that effective January 1, 2011, California’s unclaimed property law will require that banking and financial organizations (including mutual funds) provide written notice to persons opening new accounts that their property may be transferred to the appropriate state (i.e., escheated) if no activity occurs in the account within the time period specified by state law.

This monthly newsletter examines critical developments in product liability and mass torts, analyzing how bankruptcy proceedings affect liability claims, jurisdictional challenges in California courts...

The clock is ticking for financial services firms to prepare for the UK's Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) new non-financial misconduct (NFM) framework, which comes into force on September 1, 2026.

On Monday, the SEC staff issued a no-action letter that allows registered open-end funds, including mutual funds and ETFs, to co-invest under the simplified exemptive orders that it began issuing in 2025.

Procedural concerns could stymie efforts to resolve the longstanding split in authority on certification of class actions encompassing uninjured members.

An increase in GP-stake divestitures – where managers sell minority stakes in their general partnerships to third-party investors – has been a noticeable trend in the buyout market, with demand for liquidity and industry maturity encouraging GPs to explore staking transactions.

The recent designation of Mexican drug cartels and other criminal organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) exposes companies to criminal prosecution for providing material support under 18 U.S.C. 2339B.

The rule against reflective loss bars claims against wrongdoers by shareholders of a company where the shareholder's loss is merely reflective of the loss of the company.

Brower reinforces two strong early defenses against class actions targeting OTC product labeling and marketing. First, plaintiffs alleging product contamination must plead product-specific testing...

The authorization of Garfield.Law Ltd by the SRA highlights the potential for AI to revolutionize legal services, offering numerous benefits to clients while also posing new challenges for regulation and ethical practice.

On October 30, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued the state's first appellate court decision addressing whether Colorado recognizes claims for medical monitoring without manifested physical injury.

One of the many strengths of decentralised blockchain technology and the crypto markets is that they are truly global. The opportunities this provides are enormous...

We are honored and humbled to have been named Law360 Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Group of the Year for 2025!

On November 20, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that it had voluntarily dismissed its enforcement action against software developer SolarWinds Corp