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In February this year, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer suddenly announced the dismissal of over 4,300 employees - around 20% of its entire workforce. The legal cases arising from the move and the subsequent court decisions suggest a tendency towards the likely reform of the nature in which mass dismissals are approached and handled in Brazil.

Brazilian law requires arbitrators to state the reasons for their respective decisions.

On November 27, 2014,1 the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") announced certain rule amendments2 that will give effect to a new capital raising prospectus exemption (the "Existing Security Holder Prospectus Exemption") for reporting issuers listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ..

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Careyhave helped the world's largest copper producer, Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), issue bonds worth US$2.75 billion.

On November 8, 2016, the FCA imposed the highest "gun-jumping" national and worldwide fine ever, €80 million, on Altice-Numericable, a major French telecommunications operator, in relation to its 2014 acquisitions of SFR and OTL.

With the FIFA World Cup in Qatar about to begin, the quadrennial tournament offers several value-creating commercial opportunities for clubs.

For the first time in more than 20 years, an international arbitral award has been annulled by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court for breach of substantive public policy.

Turkey has introduced the new domestic and national eSIM technology on December 24, 2020.

Can a bank, in complying with its money-laundering obligations, open itself up to civil claims by disgruntled clients for failing to comply with instructions? The answer, it seems from the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Shah v HSBC Private Bank, is potentially yes.

In a seemingly unjust result for the employer, a California court of appeal recently refused to enforce an unsigned arbitration agreement against a human resources director who repeatedly misled her employer into thinking she had signed it.

On March 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on the issue of international service of process in the case of Water Splash v. Menon.

Below, we summarize significant cartel enforcement developments from U.S. and other antitrust enforcers in recent months,

In Batista, the Grand Court has clarified that the scope of the statutory jurisdiction to grant a freezing order in support of foreign proceedings may extend to a person outside the jurisdiction...

Welcome to Tax update, which provides a round-up and explanation of the latest tax issues.

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month...

The Sanctions Update, compiled by attorneys from Steptoe's award-winning International Regulatory Compliance team and the Stepwise...

Victoria Zetwick, a county correctional officer, alleged that the county sheriff created a sexually hostile environment in violation of Title VII and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act . . .

Cybersecurity Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Portugal, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries