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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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 …
‘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 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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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: …
“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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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 …
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 …
In our last issue of International Quarterly, we discussed a recent TCC decision concerning the extent of an expert’s duties to their client. In January 2021, the Court of Appeal released its judgment on the appeal of that case. While the outcome of the decision was consistent with the TCC, there were several differences in …
Third-party funding is not new; however, it is about to enter a period of unprecedented global growth – notably in Spain and Latin America. The measures implemented by governments in response to COVID-19, coupled with the rapid economic downturn and ongoing uncertainty arising from the pandemic, have created the perfect storm. The outlook may seem …
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