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As part of more robust anti-money laundering measures, the Tanzanian government has recently released the new Anti-Money Laundering

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In this month's briefing we highlight investments in Government securities by Tanzanian residents and the restrictions imposed under Tanzanian law on East African Community

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It should be noted that the class action related to the investors before the IPO stage described above.

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Commentators have long speculated whether climate change disclosures may result in claims under D&O policies, but such claims have been slow to materialize.

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Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are already a multibillion-dollar strategy for raising capital and are growing in importance. They do, however,

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D&O insurers should continue to evaluate coverage options and tread carefully.

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Court assesses amount of security of costs to be provided by a claimant

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In the March 2018 case of J N Hipwell & Son v Szurek [2018] EWCA Civ 674

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On 15 December 2017, new amended regulations came into force in KSA, and a class action regime is now in force in respect of securities disputes.

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The number of securities class actions filed in Australia and in the United States of America remains steady, but it is still rare for these class actions to proceed to hearings ...

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Employee share schemes are designed to encourage employees to become shareholders in their employer company. These schemes can take a variety of forms.

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On 1 February 2018 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Singularis v Daiwa [2018] EWCA Civ 84, dismissing all of the stockbroker's appeals and upholding the decision of the High Court, which found that Daiwa was negligent in paying out monies from its client account on the instructions of one director and the only shareholder of the client, where the circumstances indicated that those client instructions may not have been bona fide.

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It is common knowledge that Blockchains and other Distributed Ledger Technologies (together "DLT") are still in their infancy for mainstream commercial transactions.

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Hacking is increasingly sophiscated, and orchestrated by crime syndicates and money launderers.

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Following the rapid development of the SSE / SZSE and the ChiNext Market in China over recent years, an increasing number of judgments on the issue of misrepresentation relating to securities...

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") through its circular dated September 21, 2017, ("New Circular") has aligned the requirements specified for listing under schemes of arrangement...

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The Reserve Bank of India has vide circular No. 5 dated September 22, 2017, decided to review the investment in corporate debt securities by Foreign Portfolio Investors ("FPIs").

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In view of the high potential exposure in US litigation, it is important that global companies and their insurers understand the extraterritorial reach of US laws.

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Upon the rapid development of Shanghai / Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market (SSE / SZSE) and the ChiNext Market (ChiNext) in China over recent years...

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Key factors in ascertaining mis-representation in the Chinese security market 探索中国证券诉讼的新领域 - 认定中国证券市场中虚假陈述的关键因素