Worldwide: Corporate/Commercial Law

Third-party litigation funding remains largely unlawful in Ireland, primarily due to the enduring common law doctrines of maintenance and champerty.

Most regulated sectors in the Cayman Islands have continued on a steady path over the last 12 months with Private Funds up 3.5%. Funds may have previously been discouraged...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is facing a steep workforce reduction that threatens its capacity to assist businesses just as many confront growing uncertainty around global trade...

Jersey trusts are a popular and flexible vehicle for asset protection, estate planning, and wealth management for UHNW families across the world.

While India does not currently impose an inheritance tax or estate duty, the growing global trend toward wealth taxation, along with increasing scrutiny...

When approaching estate planning, many fail to consider that a Will alone may not be enough to ensure that their wishes are honoured in the long term.

Recent tragic events in motorsport, with the deaths of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli in IndyCar and MotoGP respectively, have brought into focus the role event organisers and venue owners play in ensuring the safety of those participating in sporting events and where liability rests when accidents do occur.

In Overland Leasing Group, LLC, two New York-based accounting firms that issued independent audit reports for a company were sued for malpractice and negligent misrepresentation.

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd has lost an appeal against conviction for corporate manslaughter. The BBC reports that the Court also upheld the company’s £385,000 fine at the Court of Appeal in London last week.

On May 9, 2012, the SEC announced an enforcement action against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd.

Right now, without your knowledge, your company could be a defendant in a lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars in penalties.

SEC enforcement actions often include allegations that corporate officers affirmatively misled a company’s outside auditors as part of a scheme to commit and perpetuate an accounting fraud.