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Becoming too much like the anachronistic, rules-laden court system it was meant to displace, commercial arbitration is no longer the most efficient and effective way to resolve disputes. In-house counsel increasingly complain that arbitration now looks and feels like a court case, but without the same rights of appeal. This panel, composed of in-house counsel and other lawyers in the arbitration space, will focus on how to return commercial arbitration to its roots as a speedy and cost-effective counterpart to the judicial system.

Legal Professional Privilege - session held in Perth 21 November 2016.

Preemptive clauses allow a person or entity to acquire priority shares of a company before they are transferred. Although preemptive clauses can be embedded directly into the bylaws, drafters may also insert them into shareholders' agreements. This QuickCounsel will review the pertinence, validity, and effectiveness of such preemptive clauses under French law.

This guide reviews applicable legislation to insolvencies and reorganizations in Italy.

This article aims to explain the landscape across Europe’s main markets, and to highlight the key differences in each of those markets.

This article shows reputational risks in high exposure litigation, rising above the noise.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to joint ventures, including practice notes and standard documents for cross-border deals with detailed drafting notes highlighting the main legal, commercial and negotiating issues in China.

The Court ruled the Department of Justice and the USAO deliberately or callously prevented defendants from obtaining funds for their defense that they lawfully would have had absent the government's interference. This opinion includes a discussion of the Thompson Memorandum, and holds the Thompson Memorandum and the USAO's actions caused KPMG to limit and then cut off payment of fees for defense.

This article is a memorandum to the Standing Committee by the Civil Rules Advisory Committee.