10/20/2022
Supreme Court VAT ruling clarifies when time bar challenge can be used
HMRC must make the assessment within two years of the end of the accounting period in question
Government Regulation
10/19/2022
Dentons launches Global Compliance and Investigations offering
Dentons' GCI offering is a holistic solution for clients that ensures immediate access to the right expertise wherever it is needed, calling on diverse experiences and skills sets from a variety of legal practices, strategic consultancy, and in-house
10/19/2022
Paul Hastings Again Achieves Mansfield Rule Certification Plus
This year’s recognition is for Mansfield Rule 5.0.
10/19/2022
Partner quoted in ‘Board IQ’ on crypto regulatory ‘dogfight’
The omission was significant because it repeatedly referred to the digital asset as a “security.”
10/18/2022
Jersey Withdraws Covid-19 Economic Substance and Corporate Tax Residency Concession
The Covid-19 Concession was always a temporary measure
10/18/2022
UK’s economic policy ‘barely recognisable’ after major tax and energy U-turns
The government will also abandon off-payroll working reforms that were designed to combat widespread non-compliance with the original IR35 rules.
10/17/2022
Jones Day joins Policing Project at NYU School of Law in challenge to unconstitutional stops at Atlanta airport
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, challenges the constitutionality of these stops under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.
10/17/2022
Take privates by way of a scheme of arrangement in the Cayman Islands
The privatisation of a Cayman Islands company listed on the HKEX would typically be a scheme of arrangement.
10/17/2022
More Data, Less Risk – How Australian Banks and their Customers Ended Up With a Greater Duty of Care
As Australian regulation moves towards a UK-style Consumer Duty regime, the banks will be required to do more data collection, more analysis and greater levels of predictive computation.
10/17/2022
DOL proposes new rule for determining independent contractor status under the FLSA
Nixon Peabody will monitor any future developments with respect to the proposed rule and report on any changes made in response to comments from stakeholders.
10/14/2022
Discrimination law, gender pay gap reporting and changes to Jersey's Control of Housing and Work Law: working lunch with Helen Ruelle
Employment rights in Jersey have progressed somewhat since she first came to do general corporate and commercial work.
10/14/2022
Russia: Cayman Islands Sanctions Update
The Regulations also provide for a mechanism through which general licences can be issued, which allow multiple parties to undertake activities which would otherwise be prohibited by the Regulations without the need for a specific licence.
10/14/2022
EU introduces revenue cap on power producers
The European Council has formally adopted the Council Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices.
10/14/2022
Reforms to commercial leases proposed by Scottish Law Commission
When shorter leases reach the end of their term, they automatically renew for a period equal to the length of the lease.
10/14/2022
Economic sanctions at the national and international level and their impact on charities
Economic sanctions are part of the current international and domestic legal climate.
10/14/2022
European Commission report on securitisation regulation
The Commission reported on the creation of a specific sustainable securitisation framework, on the basis of the European Banking Authority’s (“EBA”) report on sustainable securitisation published on 2 March 2022.5
10/13/2022
Amanda M. Blaske Selected for Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Leadership Program
Blaske represents borrowers, lenders, and other parties in finance and corporate transactions as well as restructuring matters.
10/13/2022
Use of existing grid connection rules for Irish offshore projects ‘makes absolute sense’
It also made changes to the MEC capacity testing bond payment timing
10/12/2022
New EU Class Actions Mechanisms to be Implemented by Christmas
The new laws will enable ‘qualified entities’ (generally, consumer organisations) to bring representative actions in the EU in the collective interests of consumers.
10/12/2022
Top Five Labor Law Developments for September 2022
The joint-employer analysis has significant implications for employers, as it determines when one entity can be held liable for the other’s unfair labor practices.