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Clyde & Co expands further in Asia with Indonesian tie-up

Clyde & Co has further increased its footprint in Asia through an association with Indonesian law firm Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS). The UK outfit, which currently has eight offices in the region, has appointed Singapore-based projects and resources partner Michael Horn to lead the venture, and plans to focus on Indonesian clients growing domestically and abroad.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Leveling the playing field, Part 2

Social media plays a role in many types of civil and criminal cases, where it is used by companies, government agencies and other organizations in both defensive and offensive ways.
13 minute read

Inside Counsel

All married gay couples recognized by U.S. tax law

The Treasury Department is implementing the Supreme Court's June decision to overturn the part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that disallowed homosexual spouses from filing their tax returns jointly.
2 minute read

International Edition

Hong Kong's top prosecutor calls for committee to regulate SFC

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong should be subject to internal checks and monitoring by a community-based committee, the city's top prosecutor said yesterday. Director of public prosecutions Kevin Zervos, who earlier called for the investigatory body to be stripped of its powers to prosecute, said that at the very least the SFC should be appropriately regulated, to ensure proper use of its powers and to prevent any internal misappropriation.
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Corporate Counsel

Roundup: 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 11th Circuits

Continuing a trend of anti-class action rulings from courts across the country, the 2nd Circuit decertified a class of plaintiffs pursuing a copyright infringement case against Google Inc.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hotel chain challenges the FTC’s power to sue over data breaches

Privacy and data security experts are closely watching a case that for the first time challenges the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) authority to sue companies on behalf of consumers for cybersecurity breaches and lax or misleading data security policies.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The 2013 IC-10: Inside the legal profession's top innovators

Light bulbs have gone on over the heads of many in-house counsel this past year, and InsideCounsel has tapped into the insights of 10 innovative legal teams.
32 minute read

Corporate Counsel

On SEC specialized disclosure rules, court rejects one, upholds another

Both rulings assessed the SEC rules validity under the two-step framework established in the 1984 Supreme Court case Chevron USA Inc. v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

European Commission introduces a major reinvention of agri-food safety standards

In May, the European Commission (EC) adopted a legislative package aimed at strengthening and streamlining health and safety standards in the European agri-food chain.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Amazon tries to take sales tax battle to Supreme Court

Amazon filed to appeal the issue to the Supreme Court last Friday, arguing that their New York customers should not be subject to state sales tax since the company is based in Seattle.
6 minute read

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