On July 31, 2020, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC") Climate Risk and Resilience (C) Working Group (the "Working Group")

The defendants sought two orders from the court following the claimants' disclosure: (1) an order that the claimants provide a list of 860,000 folders and file paths to the defendants...

In this edition, our attention is drawn to Kuwait, the first of the six GCC member states to implement the GCC Trade Mark Law.

For this September issue, we have reformatted our IP newsletter so that is easier to access and read.

Lessons learnt from poor inter agency co-operation during this year's stock market crash are likely to lead to a move to bring together insurance, securities and banking regulators as part of a single commission.

In early June 2019, the China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission ("CBIRC")

COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on all of us in the construction industry as we adapt to the rapidly changing situation and deal with the substantial impact on our businesses.

Franchising continues to be the preferred model by which international businesses can quickly expand into the rapidly developing economies in the Middle East, without the risk and significant capital investment traditionally associated with directly establishing company-owned stores.

Lord Justice Briggs’ final report on modernising the procedures and practices of the Chancery Division was published towards the end of 2013.

Court decides there has been a waiver of privilege and discusses relevancy of documents

Imagine: you are at your desk in your air conditioned office located somewhere in the Middle East and you get a knock on the door from the authorities.

As countries and economies continue to adapt to the rapidly changing situation and deal with the substantial impact on all aspects of global business,

A class action was commenced against Southwest Airlines Co. ("Southwest") based upon a purported "hidden exception" in Southwest's ticketing policy.

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The DIFC Authority has recently announced the release of the new DIFC Data Protection Law, which will come into force on 1 July 2020.

Race discrimination legislation in employment began its journey in Britain over 50 years ago, in 1968.

Bayer announced on Wednesday, June 24, it will pay up to $10.9 billion to settle a majority of approximately 125,000 claims that Monsanto's weed killer Roundup causes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report highlights systemic failures across government and construction sectors. The Building Safety Act 2022 places liability on the construction industry, though government accountability remains under question.

Using information from a recent study of a Vermont cosmetic talc miner/miller cohort, including a reported case of mesothelioma...

The Working Group met by conference call on July 31, 2020 as part of the NAIC Summer 2020 National Meeting.