8/19/2025 10:49:47 AM Franchise Relationship Law Goes Beyond Franchising By Sam Wolf Sometimes laws can have effects beyond the problem they were enacted to solve. The franchise laws are an example. Distribution of...
8/18/2025 6:06:12 PM California Supreme Court Holds That Loss of Jury Trial Cannot Be Sole Reason to Deny Enforcement of Exclusive-Forum Provision By Jonathan Richman The California Supreme Court recently ruled that California courts should not refuse to enforce forum-selection provisions solely because...
8/18/2025 6:55:52 AM R&D Tax Relief: When Bad Advice Leads to Professional Negligence Claims By Matthew Sharp For many UK businesses, R&D tax relief has offered a welcome cash injection, designed to reward innovation, fund development, and...
8/12/2025 8:26:09 PM Ninth Circuit Upholds SEC’s “No Admit, No Deny” Rule for Settlements By Jonathan Richman The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently denied a petition challenging the SEC’s refusal to amend its rule that a...
7/30/2025 7:00:34 AM Bitcoin Lending Facility Agreements: The “HODLER’s” Path to Fiat Liquidity By Louisa Watt Tristan Dollie Iden Asl Jessica Lee Tracy Fisher Ian Weinstein Neil Foster +4 more... Show less Institutional Momentum: Bitcoin Lending Moves Centre Stage The market for Bitcoin and other digital assets linked lending is undergoing a...
7/23/2025 1:55:42 PM The End of the Umbrella? HMRC’s Move to Reshape Labour Supply Chains By Matthew Sharp Wesley Grimm Latest Development On 21 July 2025, HMRC published a policy paper outlining further steps to address non-compliance in the umbrella...
7/14/2025 8:00:00 PM US Appeals Court Blocks FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Subscriptions Rule: What Your Business Must Know By Matthew Richardson This article has been updated to reflect a significant recent development in Custom Communications, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, No....
6/27/2025 8:59:28 PM OFAC Imposes Maximum Civil Penalty on VC Firm for Sanctions and Reporting Violations By Daniel Sachs Nancy Turner Stephen Best On June 12, 2025, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury imposed a $215 million...
6/26/2025 6:12:36 PM Demystifying Tax Professional Negligence Claims in the UK By Matthew Sharp When can you sue a Tax Adviser or Accountant for bad or deficient tax advice? When Tax Advice Goes Wrong In the UK, individuals and...
6/12/2025 1:22:12 AM DOJ’s New FCPA Guidelines Focus On Corrupt Intent and Transnational Crime By Daniel Sachs Steven Tyrrell Stephen Best Angela Papalaskaris +1 more... Show less On June 10, 2025, United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued revised and hotly anticipated...
6/9/2025 2:42:25 PM HMRC Publishes Reporting Guidance For Cryptoasset Services Users and Providers By Jessica Lee Matthew Sharp Menelaos Karampetsos On 14 May 2025, HMRC published guidance on reporting obligations for providers and users of cryptoasset services, in light of the...
5/30/2025 8:28:25 AM In the Financial Times, Partner Matthew Sharp discusses UK Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) compliance By Matthew Sharp The RTFO is a complex UK environmental credit scheme that plays a key role in driving decarbonisation in the transport sector. The FT...