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Daily Business Review

Agriculture Commissioner Candidates Take Aim at NAFTA

Only David Walker, a marine biologist from Fort Lauderdale and one of two announced Democratic candidates, voiced straight opposition to a withdrawal from NAFTA.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Global Trade Sanctions Picture Growing Tenser and Murkier for General Counsel

Recent action by the U.S. on the sanctions front has given American companies reason to be leery. Sometimes, with cross-border transactions, it's tough to even know which country's legal regime to follow.
5 minute read

International Edition

CMS Forms Hong Kong Law Association With Firm Formed by Troutman Sanders Lawyers

Hong Kong capital markets and corporate boutique Shirley Lau & Co will add local law capability to the 18-month-old office.
2 minute read

International Edition

Magic Circle Duo Land Roles on $10B IPO by Chinese State-Owned Enterprise

Telecom infrastructure operator China Tower Corp. has filed for what is likely to be the second mega IPO that Hong Kong will see this year, following the filing by smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Unexpected Successor Liability Arising From an Asset Purchase

It is an article of faith that a company seeking to acquire a business without being saddled with its liabilities does so by acquiring assets: “Most jurisdictions, including Massachusetts, follow the traditional corporate law principle that the liabilities of a selling predecessor corporation are not imposed upon the successor corporation which purchases its assets ...,” as in Milliken & Co. v. Duro Textiles, 451 Mass. 547, 556, 887 N.E.2d 244, 254 (2008).
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Downtown Miami SunTrust International Center Sells for $127M

PCCP LLC, a real estate finance and investment management firm with offices in California and New York, bought the office tower.
3 minute read

International Edition

White & Case and Latham advising on one of London's largest-ever tech listings

Avast IPO set to value cybersecurity company at £2.4bn
2 minute read

International Edition

White & Case and Latham advising on one of London's largest-ever tech listings

Avast IPO set to value cybersecurity company at £2.4bn
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Taxman (May Not) Cometh: The Deductibility of Environmental 'Penalties'

Buried within last December's massive Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115–97, 131 Stat. 2054 (TCJA), is an obscure provision that may change the litigation and settlement calculus for companies facing environmental enforcement actions.
5 minute read

International Edition

Goodwin Procter Expands Asia Private Equity Practice

Former Cleary associate Bosco Yiu is now a partner at Goodwin as the firm beefs up its Hong Kong law capability.
2 minute read

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