A sample affidavit form.
This short article provides an overview of judicial reorganization proceedings and regulatory changes in Brazil.
This article outlines how the "Reptile Theory" can be conceptualized as a planning strategy that gets plaintiff attorneys to focus early in the case on crafting the themes that will be honed through deposition, voir dire, and eventually the opening.
An overview of the Saudi legal and court system.
The choice of venue for an international arbitration can cause significant repercussions once a dispute arises. So parties should choose carefully, depending on their specific concerns. This article offers insights from the book, Choice of Venue in International Arbitration, co-edited by Claudia Salomon, Latham & Watkins partner and global co- chair of the firm's International Arbitration Practice.
The purpose of this brief note is to help market participants make contingency plans where the political crisis involving Ukraine results in sanctions and embargoes, exchange controls, expropriations and the break up of Ukraine. It focuses in particular on the legal impact these events might have on financial contracts, such as bond issues, bank loan agreements, deposits and investments. It does not deal with wider political and economic consequences, such as the impact on a country’s economy and its banking system.
In the wake of recent investigations into business activities in China, companies and their investors have asked how to respond to a “dawn raid” by authorities in China. PRC law provides for the rights and protections listed in this article. Your ability to implement and enforce these rights will depend, naturally, upon the circumstances and the willingness of the authorities to comply, but the starting point is to know your position under applicable law.
You are an American company expanding its business into China. You have just clinched a highly coveted multi-million-dollar deal, documented in a one hundred-page contract that seems to cover every conceivable hiccup. But that lucrative deal, which took months to close, may not be as airtight as you imagine. If a dispute arises between your company and your Chinese business partner, how can you resolve it? The Chinese business may have assets in China, but again it is difficult to enforce a US judgment in China: The two superpowers do not yet have reciprocal arrangements to recognize judgments from each other’s courts. This article explains how to manage and resolve disputes in China, and, where possible, avoid them altogether.