Civil Law

A Study on Lloyd’s Syndicate Litigation Standing: Cross-Border Perspectives and Chinese Practice

In the international insurance market, a syndicate is Lloyd’s operational unit for conducting insurance business. It is financially supported by one or more Lloyd’s members and routinely managed by a specialist Managing Agent. These Lloyd’s members are the actual insurers of the relevant insurance policies.

Section 8(1) of the English Lloyd’s Act 1982 provides that:

“An underwriting member shall be a party to a contract of insurance underwritten at Lloyd’s only if it is underwritten with several liability, each underwriting … Read the rest

Circuit Courts

Study Confirms Positive Impact of Early Release Initiative

When a federal judge imposed two concurrent life sentences on Jerome Brough, he sat frozen in disbelief, struggling to comprehend how a non-violent drug-related offense could lead to a lifetime in prison. Yet, through determination, good fortune, and the Judiciary’s increasing use of early release from supervision, Brough is now a free man.
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Civil Law

Routes to Reorganisation: A Comparative Study of the Insolvency Procedures Available in the UAE, KSA, US and England and Wales

Our recent insight provides a comparative summary of the insolvency procedures that are available in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), England and Wales, and the US. It compares which debtor-in-possession, office-holder and terminal procedures are available in each of those jurisdictions, as well as considering the extent to which the UAE and KSA insolvency laws provide a framework for the recognition of cross-border insolvency. 

To read that and more about how the laws in those … Read the rest

Circuit Courts

Judiciary Ends COVID Emergency; Study of Broadcast Policy Continues

The COVID-19 emergency is no longer affecting the functioning of the federal courts, the Judicial Conference’s Executive Committee has found, setting in motion a 120-day grace period in which federal courts may continue to provide the same remote public audio access to civil and bankruptcy proceedings as they did during the emergency.
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