On 29 July 2009, the High Court handed down judgment in the so-called Corby Toxic Waste case.

The existing international agreement on climate change, the Kyoto Protocol, runs out in 2012 and there is as yet no successor regime in place.

The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act was approved by the House Financial Services Committee last week and has been sent to the floor for a vote

There have been various developments in relation to UK on and offshore wind power over the summer.

Because many insurance claims take years to be settled or adjudicated, inflation tends to increase the cost of these long-tail claims to insurance and reinsurance companies.

The recent chapter 11 case of the storied New York law firm, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, will raise a host of issues attendant to the dissolution of a modern day "big law" firm partnership.

Dear Readers, Welcome to the eighth edition of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Antitrust Enforcement: Focus on Criminal Cartels, a quarterly newsletter devoted to developments in criminal antitrust enforcement of international cartels in the United States and around the world.

A radical change in UK corporation tax has re-focused attention on the United Kingdom as a potentially attractive location for tax-efficient structuring within a multinational group.

On September 27, 2010, the Office of Chief Counsel released Notice 2010-181 (the "Notice"), in which it announced a change in its litigating position with respect to the US federal income tax treatment of interchange fee income earned by issuers of credit cards.

One way to improve the alternative dispute resolution process is to examine the disputes about alternative dispute resolution clauses that find their way into court.

As private equity funds increasingly decide to participate actively in the affairs and management of their portfolio companies, recent court rulings suggest that funds may face greater exposure to liability for a portfolio company's obligations.

A recent unpublished ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals examines a debtor-employer's responsibilities under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq.

In Varela v. AE Liquidation, Inc. (In re AE Liquidation, Inc.), 866 F.3d 515 (3d Cir. 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit became the sixth circuit court of appeals to rule...

In Varela v. AE Liquidation, Inc. (In re AE Liquidation, Inc.), 866 F.3d 515 (3d Cir. 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit became the sixth circuit court of appeals to rule ...

It is a rare occasion that one can be assured with certainty that, if they file a motion with a bankruptcy court, it will be granted.

Large employers intending to lay off a significant number of their employees are required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") to...

A summary on the 2012 bankruptcy related affairs.

The dispute in this case was, in reality, between the holders of Class A notes issued by the defendant issuer on the one hand and the holders of the subordinated notes in Classes B to E on the other.

"Key employee" retention plans proposed by bankrupt companies have been subject to rigorous scrutiny since Congress amended the Bankruptcy Code in 2005.