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...
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...
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...
5/27/2025 9:16:20 PM Walters v. OpenAI: A Game-Changing Verdict Reshaping AI, Defamation and Tech's Future By Erick Robinson In a decision that could reshape the legal and technological landscape, the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, issued a ruling...
5/27/2025 3:16:48 PM German Court Allows Meta to Use Public Data for AI Training: Implications for Europe’s AI Landscape By Erick Robinson On May 23, 2025, the Higher Regional Court of Cologne delivered a landmark ruling by rejecting an emergency injunction sought by...
5/21/2025 8:19:59 PM NY Court of Appeals Applies Internal-Affairs Doctrine to Standing in Derivative Actions on Behalf of Foreign Corporations By Jonathan Richman The New York Court of Appeals confirmed that the internal-affairs doctrine, which generally applies the substantive law of a...
5/12/2025 12:30:58 PM Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) and Tax Disputes: Navigating a Complex Compliance Landscape By Matthew Sharp The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) is a central mechanism in the UK’s decarbonisation strategy for the transport sector....
5/1/2025 2:34:46 PM [2025] UKUT 00124 (TCC) George Mantides Limited v HMRC: Further Ammunition for HMRC in Its Battle Against Self-Employment in Healthcare? By Matthew Sharp One of the unusual aspects of the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) decision in Mantides (which was the subject of this appeal to the Upper...
4/9/2025 5:32:36 PM Fourth Circuit Holds That Short-Seller Report Does Not Establish Loss Causation for Securities Claims By Jonathan Richman The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a securities class action for failure to plead loss...