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| 28 November 2009 |  | Drag of structured debt is impossible to ignore
Financial Times
Media Coverage - Banking & Finance, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Structured Finance, Worldwide
Paul Forrester quoted on structured debt. Subscription required. |
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| 27 November 2009 | | Default swap reforms roiled as Aiful tests settlement
Bloomberg.com
Media Coverage - Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Structured Finance, United States
Paul Forrester and Ed Parker quoted on Wall Street’s system for determining payments on derivatives linked to the debt of defaulted companies. |
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| 26 November 2009 | | Investors in UK brace to take on boards
Reuters
Media Coverage - Corporate & Securities, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, United Kingdom / England & Wales
Stuart Pickford quoted on new rules urging more engagement between large shareholders and bank boards in London. |
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| 25 November 2009 | | REIT IPO deja vu
The Deal
Media Coverage - Corporate & Securities, United States
Bylined article by Edward Schneidman, Michael Blair and David Malinger discusses the process and issues involved when taking a REIT public. |
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| 20 November 2009 |  | NY court rules class can seek to recover funds in Philippine abuse case
New York Law Journal
Media Coverage - Supreme Court & Appellate, United States
Charles Rothfeld quoted on client Philippine National Bank recovering funds for human rights abuses committed by former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, saying that the Philippines had treated funds recovered from Marcos-era figures as "belonging generally to the government" and dedicated them to public purposes such as agrarian reform. |
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| 19 November 2009 | | Ending Russia’s long road to the WTO
Law 360
Media Coverage - Global Trade, Belgium
Edward Borovikov quoted on Russia’s request to join the WTO, saying when Russia submitted its request to join the WTO in 1993, the Soviet Union had fallen less than two years before, and the significant economic and political changes in the intervening 16 years have made the accession process very complex. Subscription required |
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| 19 November 2009 | | Del. high court affirms $10M win for Italiana Coke
Law 360
Media Coverage - Litigation & Dispute Resolution, United States
Joe De Simone quoted on the affirmation of a $10 million default judgment for Italiana Coke and Energy Coal. Subscription required. |
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| 18 November 2009 |  | Protecting Against WMD Proliferators
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Media Coverage - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Government Relations, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, United States
Bylined article by Alex Lakatos and Carol Bilzi discusses the Office of Foreign Control Assets (OFAC). |
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| 17 November 2009 | | Congress goes full bore on governance legislation
Compliance Week
Media Coverage - Corporate Governance, United States
Andrew Pincus quoted on corporate governance legislation initiatives in Congress. Subscription required. |
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| 17 November 2009 | | IRS official, practitioners discuss privilege issues
Tax Analysts
Media Coverage - Tax Controversy, United States
Larry Langdon quoted on privilege issues in tax audits and litigation. |
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| 16 November 2009 |  | Clearing – who decides?
FinancialTimes.com
Media Coverage - Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Structured Finance, United States
Ed Parker interviewed on the debate over who should decide which OTC derivatives are cleared - regulators or clearers. |
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| 13 November 2009 | | Hong Kong is new target of US crackdown on taxes
Bloomberg.com
Media Coverage - Hong Kong
David Ellis quoted on US prosecutors pursuing corporations in Hong Kong evading federal taxes. |
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| 12 November 2009 | | Japan credit –default swaps seen unraveling on Aiful’s bad debts
Bloomberg.com
Media Coverage - Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Structured Finance, United States
Paul Forrester quoted on consumer confidence in the Japanese derivatives market. |
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| 12 November 2009 | | US companies must learn to use Chinese courts: Attys
Law 360
Media Coverage - Global Trade, United States
Tim Keeler quoted on the importance of companies learning to litigate in Chinese administrative bodies and courts over trade disputes. Subscription required. |
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| 12 November 2009 | | FDIC extends securitization safe harbor
Total Securitization
Media Coverage - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Securitization, United States
Jason Kravitt quoted on the FDIC’s safe harbor rule for securitizations. Subscription required. |
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| 12 November 2009 | | Intellectual Values
Global Finance Magazine
Media Coverage - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Intellectual Property, Securitization, United States
Greg Frantz quoted on intellectual property securitization. |
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| 10 November 2009 | | ‘Brazil Cotton’ makes trade retaliation operational
Law 360
Media Coverage - Global Trade, United States
Bylined article by Duane Layton, Edward Borovikov, Paulette Vander Schueren and Matthew McConkey discusses a World Trade Organization arbitration decision clarifying how and to what extent the industries of a WTO-member government may be targeted for countermeasures when the government has provided WTO-illegal subsidies. |
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| 10 November 2009 | | Dodd bill requires swap clearing unless exempted
Reuters
Media Coverage - Banking & Financial Services, Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Structured Finance, United States
Paul Forrester quoted on the financial regulation reform bill, introduced by Senator Christopher Dodd, which states that contracts in the derivatives market would need to be cleared through central counterparties unless exempted by US regulators. |
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| 9 November 2009 | | Midway makes a comeback
Crain's Chicago Business
Media Coverage - Infrastructure, United States
John Schmidt quoted on the privatization of Midway airport. |
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| 9 November 2009 | | Justices to study patents on business methods
The Wall Street Journal
Media Coverage - Supreme Court & Appellate, United States
Andy Pincus quoted on the Bilski patent case that will be argued at the Supreme Court. |
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