Emergency Awards in India's Arbitration Regime in the Wake of the Amazon-Future Retail Dispute
The Apex Court’s verdict on August 6 in Amazon Holdings LLC v. Future Retail Ltd., upholding the enforceability of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s (SIAC) emergency award and putting rest to a year-long dispute between two multinational commerce giants, sealed a victory not just for Amazon but also for India’s future integrating international arbitration within its [...]
Canadian citizen Michael Spavor was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court late Tuesday night on charges of espionage and possession of state secrets in a case that most international observers agree is more political than legal. Chinese officials arrested Spavor and Michael Kovrig on “trumped up” charges of [...]
Federal judge authorizes IRS tax evasion inquiry involving offshore legal services
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday granted an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue summonses demanding couriers and financial institutions produce information about US taxpayers who may have used the services of Panama Offshore Legal Services (POLS) and its affiliates (POLS group) [...]
UK police arrest environmental movement founder after protests against financial institutions
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Gail Bradbrook was arrested Tuesday morning by London’s Metropolitan Police for conspiracy to cause criminal damage and fraud. The charges are related to last month’s protests against multiple banks, including HSBC and Barclays. Extinction Rebellion activists smashed the windows of banks in Canary Wharf and targeted Lloyd’s of London in what the [...]
International lawmaker coalition calls on HSBC Holdings to unfreeze accounts of Hong Kong activist
A group of more than 50 legislators representing 16 legislatures called Monday on HSBC Holdings Chairman Mark Tucker to unfreeze Hong Kong activist Ted Hui’s accounts. Ted Hui is a former lawmaker from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp. In December, after announcing he was seeking asylum status in the UK, he said that he no longer [...]
Former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker who announced UK exile faces bank account lockdowns
Ted Hui, a former lawmaker from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp, said Sunday that he no longer had access to his Hong Kong bank account after having announced on Thursday that is seeking asylum status in the UK following a visit to Denmark. He recently resigned from Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party and is currently facing [...]
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou alleges abuse of process in extradition case
A Canadian court on Thursday agreed with Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou that some of the allegations in a US extradition case against her have the potential to mislead. The United States is seeking to extradite Wanzhou from Canada to the Eastern District of New York for her alleged role in a bank fraud, wire fraud, [...]
Mandamus and the Proper Role of Amicus Curiae in the Michael Flynn Case
On Monday, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia filed his response to the petition for mandamus brought by General Michael Flynn in the D.C. Circuit regarding Sullivan’s handling of the Justice Department (DOJ) Motion to Dismiss the false statement charges against Flynn. Flynn had pleaded guilty to [...]
The US Supreme Court denied certiorari in HSBC Holdings v. Irving H. Picard on Monday, a case concerning whether the liquidation trustee of Bernie Madoff’s estate can seize overseas funds. Madoff was convicted in 2009 of defrauding investors through a Ponzi scheme. Last year the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit allowed the [...]
The legal world is a busy place. Here are a few stories we didn't get to this week that we thought you might be interested in. • The 9th Circuit held Monday that Montana's statutory limits on campaign...
