Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 131
Read the 131st edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
Article Archive
US Sanctions on Venezuela Substantially Eased
On October 18, 2023, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 44 broadly permitting US and non-US persons to deal with Venezuelan crude and gas. Under the license, US and non-US persons generally can transport Venezuelan crude and gas until April 18, 2024.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 180
This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly considers an arbitration award obtained by fraud, the appropriate forum for a claim of forced labour in Malaysia and two decisions involving attempts to resist enforcement of security for financing.
Energy Act 2023 – a decade in the making
The new UK Energy Act 2023 gained royal assent on 26 October 2023. In this first of a series of articles, we explore the changes it has introduced.
Thailand Digital Platform Services Law – compliance required by 18/11/2023
Thailand has introduced a new law to regulate digital platform services providers and protect consumer interests.
Payment permitted? Sanctions clauses in Letters of Credit
This article summarises the recent judgment in Kuvera Resources Pte Ltd v JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., where the Singapore Court of Appeal confirmed that an objective approach is to be adopted when interpreting sanctions clauses in letters of credit.
Investment changes coming to ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement
The recently signed upgrade to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement brings important changes for investors and sets up a work programme to review the agreement’s investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 130
Read the 130th edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
Prestige Oil Spill Aftermath Continues to Linger
It discusses a recent judgment regarding two arbitration awards issued in 2013, ordering a P&I Club to pay damages to France and Spain relating to the pollution caused by the MT Prestige oil spill in 2002.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 179
Back from a break, this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly looks at decisions on sanctions, the ongoing M/T Prestige saga and the grant of anti-suit injunctions to prevent breach of arbitration agreements.
