Turkey collects $3.45bln through privatization of four power grids, the last four on sale in a series of auctions to privatize the country's entire electricity distribution network.

Few international trade disputes make their way to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). In the vast majority of these appeals,

Few lawyers are revitalizing the traditional law firm model quite like Louis Frapporti.

Every law firm founder I coach eventually asks me some version of the same question: what's actually holding the firm back? They assume the answer lives in a process gap, a hiring mistake, or a strategy that needs sharpening. Sometimes it does. But in the vast majority of cases, tactics and systems account for maybe 20% of what separates a firm that's stuck from a firm that's compounding.

Every law firm founder I coach eventually asks me some version of the same question: what's actually holding the firm back? They assume the answer lives in a process gap, a hiring mistake, or a strategy that needs sharpening. Sometimes it does. But in the vast majority of cases, tactics and systems account for maybe 20% of what separates a firm that's stuck from a firm that's compounding.

It is difficult to overstate the impact of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.

Over a year ago, we wrote about the intersection between trademarks and bankruptcy. Specifically, we described a scenario in which a licensor files bankruptcy and chooses to ‘reject' the license...

‘Financed emissions' refers to the emissions that arise from projects funded by investment. ‘Advertised emissions' describes emissions that are generated...

On April 6, 2022, the Canadian Trademarks Office announced the roll-out of the automated analysis of goods, services, and Nice classification information in national unexamined trademark applications...

The Division of Banks issued final rules to implement a Massachusetts law enacted in 2010 that provides a standardized process for lenders and servicers to inform a borrower of a mortgage default and to disclose repayment options in order to prevent a foreclosure. The law, Chapter 258 of the Acts of 2010, requires that notice be provided to residential borrowers in default of a right to cure the default.

So. Cal. Equal Access Group is a law firm based in Los Angeles, CA that files a large number of physical accessibility lawsuits against businesses and landlords.

Last month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reversed its long-standing practice of prohibiting companies registering for IPOs from requiring...

The Nutter Bank Report is a monthly electronic publication of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Group and contains regulatory and legal updates with expert commentary from our banking attorneys.

The Nutter Bank Report is a monthly electronic publication of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Group and contains regulatory and legal updates with expert commentary from our banking attorneys.

The Nutter Bank Report is a monthly electronic publication of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Group and contains regulatory and legal updates with expert commentary from our banking attorneys.

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month...

The use of letters of credit in place of conventional guarantees was White & Case pioneered by American banks which were not permitted to issue conventional guarantees. By contrast, so called "demand guarantees" - performance bonds, advance payment guarantees and the like – which were originally used to provide protection against non-performance of contracts, are now also used as guarantees of payment. Martin Hughes investigates the legal nature of these instruments having first taken a look at

A Massachusetts court has ruled that credit card interest rates above 18% are unconscionable as a matter of law and cannot be enforced.

..As noted in TheCorporateCounsel.net blog, this week, the SEC posted notices that it is extending the time period for approval of the NYSE and Nasdaq proposed listing standards...

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued the terms, application materials and an application guide for its Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) program, which will provide Tier 1 capital to qualified community banks with assets of less than $10 billion.