Lisbon's law firms demonstrated impressive resilience during the crisis, but while the economic outlook is considerably brighter, managing partners must now guide their firms through unchartered waters.

In one of the most significant legislative sessions for housing production in decades, a new California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption (AB 130) and denser zoning near...

As Lord Birkenhead LC noted in the famous case of British & Foreign Marine Insurance v Gaunt [1921]2, a policy on "all risks" terms cannot be held simply to cover all damage howsoever caused "for such damage as is inevitable from ordinary wear and tear … is not within the policies".

Las reglas de negocios en Brasil son complejas y requieren que todo aquel que quiera hacer negocios allí tenga una comprensión clara de las reglas y regulaciones locales.

A Câmara dos Deputados aprovou, na última quarta-feira (28), duas das três emendas do Senado Federal, apresentadas ao Projeto de Lei (PL) nº 5.586/2016.

During a 2019 Tax Executives Institute conference in Washington, D.C., the Commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), ...

The subject of Asset's recent discussion with Helgard Janse van Rensburg, partner at Adams & Adams, may come as a surprise to some.

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...

The US Supreme Court’s (the Court) unanimous decision in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock closes the door on a significant employer-side arbitration argument...

This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day's press releases.

No dia 30 de dezembro de 2023, o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sancionou a Lei Federal nº 14.709/2023 (Lei das Bets), que disciplina a exploração de apostas de quota fixa por particulares.

India, as the world's fifth-largest economy by GDP and the third largest by purchasing power parity in 2024 (please see statistics here), continues to present vast and diverse opportunities for businesses globally.

The United States has a long history of using tariffs. The first significant tariff legislation was the Tariff Act of 1789, signed by President George Washington.

Discussion about proposed mandatory code of conduct that regulates power imbalances between digital platforms & news businesses.

On October 5, 2011, Brazil's Congress approved a new competition law that significantly restructures the landscape of competition enforcement in Brazil. Brazil's Congress will now forward the bill to the desk of President Dilma Rousseff, who has 15 working days to approve or reject the bill.

Successful litigants in foreign proceedings will often be required to take steps to enforce any judgment or order obtained outside of the jurisdiction in which it was made.

As 2023 ends, the US economy continues to do better than previously expected. The economy avoided a recession and, in the third quarter, grew at a 5.2% annual rate...

On 2nd December 2024, the Patents and Designs Registry (the Registry) announced the temporary unavailability of the Patent and Designs filing platform due to ongoing data updates.

A recent spate of cases on both sides of the Atlantic in 2023 show that criminal enforcement and asset recovery proceedings stemming from the iconic Brazilian anti-corruption investigation, Operation "Car Wash" (Lava Jato), are ongoing outside of Brazil's borders.

On June 5, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Honeycutt v. United States (No. 16-142), holding that a criminal defendant can be held liable to forfeit only crime proceeds...