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US Federal Appeals Court limits extraterritorial application of anti-fraud provisions of the U.S. Federal securities laws
In Parkcentral Global Hub Limited v. Porsche Automobile Holdings, SE, 11-397-CV (2d Cir. N.Y. Aug. 15, 2014), the US Court of Appeals for the Second …
US Federal Court orders Microsoft to produce e-mail content stored outside the United States
In a decision that may have implications for the way US technology companies, and in particular data storage or "cloud" providers, do business with …
LME held immune from anti-trust suit under US Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
In re: Aluminum Warehousing Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 13-md-02481, Judge Katherine Forrest has …
SFC says no legislative changes needed to make Sponsors liable for prospectuses
Last Friday, the SFC issued supplemental consultation conclusions covering prospectus liability for sponsors. The SFC has concluded that sponsors …
Banking Litigation update
We have published our latest Banking Litigation Update, summarising some of the more important cases and developments affecting UK financial institutions …
US Federal Appeals Court holds that the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions do not apply extraterritorially
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Liu Meng-Lin v. Siemens AG, 13-4385-cv (2d Cir. N.Y. Aug. 14, 2014) upheld a lower-court's …
Sanctions update: recent developments in UK, EU and US
The UK's Export Control Organisation (ECO) has published FAQs on the EU's trade sanctions on Russia which restates some of the information already …
UK: FCA publishes feedback on its thematic review of the use of dealing commission
Investment managers will be aware that the FCA has been holding discussions with the industry and conducting a thematic supervisory review (between …
Australia: Practical steps to maintain privilege when communicating with non-legal advisers
The recent Federal Court decision in Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd v Pacific Equity Partners Pty Limited (No 4) [2014] FCA 796 highlights the …
Major new international accounting standard on financial instruments
The IASB has published the complete version of IFRS 9 'Financial Instruments', which replaces the current standard IAS 39. This final …
US: Herbert Smith Freehills obtains important decision for non-US banks which maintain a branch office in New York
In a case of first impression in the New York state courts - Gliklad v. Bank Hapoalim, B.M., No. 155195/2014 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. Aug. 11, …
UK FCA proposes temporary product intervention rules for CoCos
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it is proposing to use its temporary product intervention powers for the first time to restrict …
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