The Prime Minister married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a private ceremony at cathedral on Saturday. On Sunday church-goers expressed concern and called for clarification about how the ceremony was allowed to go ahead as Catholic canon law does not allow re-marriage of a divorcee whose former spouse is still alive. Mr Johnson is twice …
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The Risks Of Engaging In Civil Litigation As A Litigant In Person – Litigation, Mediation & Arbi…
UK: The Risks Of Engaging In Civil Litigation As A Litigant In Person To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Court procedures can be daunting to the uninitiated and that is one good reason why you should never engage in civil …
A warming climate for disclosure-related litigation
At King & Wood Mallesons, we’re telling our clients and their boards to keep in mind two key considerations: first, work out what you are going to disclose in relation to climate targets and transition plans; and, second, understand the risks of disclosure. Who says what? Climate change disclosure is a particularly complex and rapidly …
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Witness Statements – Sticking To The Facts – Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration – UK – Mondaq N…
UK: Witness Statements – Sticking To The Facts 21 May 2021 RadcliffesLeBrasseur To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Changes have been made to the rules governing witness statements over the past 12 months. These changes aim to make the …
Climate litigation undermines democracy
‘Since the beginning of climate negotiations, it has been hard to compel governments to make large promises and deliver on them’ Despite intense climate worries, electorates have been unwilling to spend the trillions needed to cut emissions dramatically. That is why climate campaigners have increasingly pursued a new strategy: forcing climate policy through courts. Across …
Crypto Goes Corporate: Litigation Sure To Follow – Forbes
Crypto Goes Corporate: Litigation Sure To Follow Until recently, cryptocurrencies appeared to be far from the kind of institutionally sound investments that would be attractive to CFOs looking to diversify a corporate portfolio. Once seen as gimmicks for unsophisticated retail investors, many of whom purchased cryptocurrencies based on obscure internet nomenclature, nonsensical children’s songs, or even …
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Why Event-driven Securities Litigation Has Become A Thing—and A Lucrative One Too – Corporate/Commer…
If Matt Levine has a mantra in his “Money Stuff” column on Bloomberg, it’s this: everything is securities fraud. “You know the basic idea,” he often says in his most acerbic voice, “A company does something bad, or something bad happens to it. Its stock price goes down, because of the bad thing. Shareholders sue: …
Is IPR litigation good for the world? – Lexology
“Copyers are no better than the Lowest of Robbers” William Hogarth & Ors 1735 “Copyright is for losers” Banksy, 2006 In the first part of our reflections on IP for world IP day, Michael Edenborough QC asked “are IPR good for the world”? Another question, less frequently addressed head-on, is whether if the subsistence of …
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Climate Litigation Cases Booming After Paris Agreement – Often Led by Young Activists – Insurance Jo…
Whatsapp chat rooms and Telegram channels across Germany lit up in the early hours of April 29. Young people frantically exchanged messages in a tone that went from disbelief to surprise to euphoria. The country’s highest court had just ruled that the government’s 2019 climate law was incompatible with fundamental rights, a victory for the …
Litigation Minute: Bankruptcy Issues with Respect to Vendors and… – The National Law Review
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS Companies should anticipate the possibility that they will find themselves in a situation where a vendor, customer, or other contract counterparty commences a bankruptcy case pursuant to Title 11 of the U.S. Code (the Bankruptcy Code). The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic stress to …