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International Regulatory Update 2-6 April 2012
10 April 2012
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Clifford Chance's International Regulatory Update is a weekly digest of significant regulatory developments affecting banking and investment banking business, drawing on our daily content from our Alerter: Finance Industry service.
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International Regulatory Update 19-23 March 2012
26 March 2012
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Clifford Chance's International Regulatory Update is a weekly digest of significant regulatory developments affecting banking and investment banking business, drawing on our daily content from our Alerter: Finance Industry service.
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Budget 2012 - Decommissioning Certainty
22 March 2012
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As expected, Chancellor George Osborne confirmed in the Budget the Government's commitment to provide reassurance on the level of tax relief for the cost (estimated to be in the tens of billions) of decommissioning oil and gas fields.
This is good news...
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Transaction Services Newsletter March 2012
19 March 2012
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The draft Regulation on Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) has been published by the European Commission at last. The idea for a regulatory statute for CSDs was first floated in 2004, but was then parked because many of the objectives were perceived to be...
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International Regulatory Update 12-16 March 2012
19 March 2012
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Clifford Chance's International Regulatory Update is a weekly digest of significant regulatory developments affecting banking and investment banking business, drawing on our daily content from our Alerter: Finance Industry service.
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New product documentation for Mubadalatul Arbaah (Profit Rate Swaps)
27 March 2012
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Today marks a further milestone in the development of standardised documentation for the Islamic finance industry with the publication by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and the International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) of...
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U.S. Supreme Court Expands Kiobel to Determine Whether the Alien Tort Statute Applies Extraterritorially
6 March 2012
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Just days after hearing oral argument in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., a case involving the question whether corporations can be liable for claims of human rights violations under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), the U.S. Supreme Court ordered...
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Fuel supply and sustainability issues in Biomass Projects
2 March 2012
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Biomass projects are poised to undergo a new burst of interest as developers look for alternative sources to wind and wave technologies to meet the growing demand for renewable energy.
One of the principal challenges facing developers investing in a biomass project...
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International Regulatory Update 27 February - 2 March 2012
5 March 2012
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Clifford Chance's International Regulatory Update is a weekly digest of significant regulatory developments affecting banking and investment banking business, drawing on our daily content from our Alerter: Finance Industry service.
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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments About Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act
5 March 2012
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On February 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. and Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority, two much-anticipated cases in which the Court will consider whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for alleged complicity...