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The following questions and answers address some of the practical issues that arise in this area.

The freedom of parties to specify the arbitrators they can choose was decisively upheld by the UK's Supreme Court on 27 July 2011 in Jivraj v Hashwani. The ruling overturns the widely criticised Court of Appeal decision that an arbitration clause in a joint venture agreement was void for non-compliance with regulations implementing EU equality laws.

Litigation funding is a growth industry both in the UK and beyond these shores. Company directors (especially those who benefit from D&O insurance) will be among those in the firing line as tempting targets for such claims.

The recent press coverage of suspected mortgage fraud is a reminder that the widespread mortgage fraud uncovered in the 1980s and 1990s is still with us and thriving. However, the bad news for valuers and insurers is that the mortgage stories making the news may only be the tip of the iceberg.

Investment firms need to review their outsourcing arrangements in order to ensure compliance with the new regulatory regime which takes effect next year. This article considers the background to the new regime and outlines some of the steps which firms may consider in order to achieve compliance.

Has the much eagerly awaited Freedom of Information Act 2000 had the impact some might have anticipated?

From 2012, all commercial airlines, community and non-community carriers alike, will be compelled to purchase and surrender carbon emissions allowances for their flights within the EU and for flights departing from or arriving at community airports.

When a carriage convention and an EU Regulation both offer provisions on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, which of the two prevails over the other? In this case, the Advocate General swayed in favour of the Brussels Regulation.

Europe and the United States appear to be as far apart on the issue of sky marshals as they are geographically divided. As political pressure hastens their introduction, Simon Phippard and Edward Spencer examine the potential legal implications.

How would airlines and their insurers cope with another terrorist attack similar to 9/11.

Since September 2008, and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, not a day seems to pass without news of the impact of the global financial crisis upon markets.

Recreational marijuana has been legalized in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota, as ballot initiatives legalizing marijuana have passed in all four states.

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting businesses throughout the U.S. and around the world, causing great uncertainty in numerous ways.

On March 16, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act or FFCRA), legislation that was originally passed on March 14.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) provides various types of assistance to small businesses impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.