Article by James Wehner, Attorney, Caplin &
Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC.
The credit default swap ("CDS") has never been tested
in bankruptcy proceedings on any significant scale, particularly
under recent amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. In part, this is
because the CDS market is a very recent phenomenon. CDS market
participants also make considerable efforts to avoid holding a
credit default swap where the counterparty has gone into
bankruptcy....
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Proposed amendments to financial and disclosure requirements in the extractive industries sector will see a significant overhaul of existing standards and greater obligations on entities to declare information on a number of activities that currently may go unreported.
As attention shifts from the global financial crisis of 2008–2009 to the global sovereign crisis that currently is affecting much of Europe, lawmakers are scrambling to create new laws and regulations designed to stave off the next financial crisis.
The Ernst & Young Africa Business Center is our way to help companies navigate the challenges and opportunities of doing business across the African continent.
The Court of Appeal has ruled that foreign judgments in insolvency proceedings may be enforced by the English courts at common law, and that the ordinary principles which may prevent the enforcement of foreign judgments do not apply to insolvency judgments where the action from which the foreign judgment arises is integral to the collective nature of the insolvency proceedings.
The Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislation outline specific rules for tax-exempt bodies that provide entertainment to employees. To ensure any FBT or GST liabilities reported to the Australian Taxation Office have not been understated, it is important tax-exempt bodies comply with these rules. To assist tax-exempt bodies in reviewing their processes for correctly recording their FBT and GST liabilities, we have outlined the rules regarding entertainment provided
The accounting rules in the United States for software‐as‐a‐service or "SaaS" companies are fundamentally different from the rules more traditional software licensing companies are required to follow.
In Jindal Transworld PVT Ltd v Scottsdale Homes No. 10 Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] SASC 210 (13 July 2010), a liquidator sought an order that his remuneration be fixed under s473(3) of the Corporations Act 2001
