In contrast to the UK and the US, e-sports is not officially recognized as an official sport in Germany (yet), barring players from their professional athletes' status

The Federal Law No. 273 On Fighting Corruption (2008, the Anticorruption Law) is the principal law on bribery in Russia. However, to date relevant legislation is not consolidated, so applicable...

The USPTO, Federal Circuit and Congress each have taken recent steps to resolve uncertainty on subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

In Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Supreme Court concluded that the longstanding disgorgement remedy of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was a penalty within the five-year statute.

The legal framework governing bribery in Australia exists at both a federal (national) level, and at the level of each of Australia's six states and two territories.

The Government of Canada's 2019 Budget, "Investing in the Middle Class" (the "2019 Budget") includes a plan to take the first steps towards establishing a new retail payment oversight

In a significant decision last week, the Supreme Court of California broadened the reach of the notice-prejudice rule and applied it, as a matter of fundamental public policy

In DMA International, Inc., v. Qwest Communications International Inc.,1 (DMA International) the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Tenth Circuit) sanctioned lawyers for appealing the confirmation of an arbitral award and ordered those lawyers personally to pay the opposing party's attorneys' fees.

The new Belgian Code of Companies and Associations (BCCA) entered into force on 1 May 2019 for companies incorporated after said date.

Appleby has acted as British Virgin Islands ("BVI") and Isle of Man counsel to Playtech Limited in its redomiciliation from the BVI to the Isle of Man and subsequent move from AIM to a Premium Listing on the London Stock Exchange plc’s Main Market.

The new Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) employment law (DIFC Law No. 2 of 2019) (New Law) has now been enacted, and will come into force on 28 August 2019 (90 days after the date of enactment).

One of the most thoroughly reported trends of the past five years has been the increasingly aggressive enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, resulting in steadily climbing numbers of prosecutions and record-breaking monetary sanctions.

The crime of bribery is known in Argentina as bribery and influence peddling. The second book of the Argentine Criminal Code deals with bribery in Title XI (crimes against the Public Administration),

Warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance is on the rise.

As breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and related technologies gallop forward at what feels like a frenzied pace, lawmakers in Congress and officials from a wide range of federal regulatory

The offence of bribery and corruption in Belgium is dealt with in the Belgian Criminal Code (BCC), and notably by the articles 246-252 (public bribery) and articles 504-bis and 504-ter (private bribery).

It is no surprise that the workplace is not immune to the changes seen in the transition from one generation to the next.

The outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 (as named by the World Health Organization) has disrupted normal business operations in China.

What is the legal framework governing bribery in Mexico?

On January 9, on the heels of the SEC's January 7 publication of the Office of Compliance and Inspections (OCIE) 2020 Examination Priorities (see our recent client alert)