This newsletter provides general information and is not intended to be comprehensive or to provide specific legal advice. Professional advice appropriate to a specific situation should always be sought. Contents: Court of Appeal decision on limitation periods relating to service contracts Nigeria renews its bid to overturn an $11bn arbitration award at London’s High Court UK government and the NSEC signed a memorandum of understanding on offshore renewable energy Courts clarify the extent of powers in respect of documents on personal devices High Court ruling on unintentional waiver of privilege ECJ affirms the right of every person to know to whom their personal data has been disclosed Sri Lanka preparing to issue oil & gas exploration licenses Hong Kong introduces new success fees regime 1.…
Category: Legal Update
Postal Code For Chinese Manufacturers To Be Required By US CBP Beginning This Weekend
As part of a continued effort to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and to provide early warning to importers and their representatives that goods may have been produced in the Xinjian Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ) will require businesses to provide a valid postal code for Chinese manufacturers from which they are importing goods when reporting via the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system beginning on March 8, 2023. The following Q&A will help your business understand the steps it needs to take to comply with the requirements: Q. When does this requirement go into effect?…
Activision fell on concern that the UK may oppose the Microsoft deal
Rich Polk/Getty Images Entertainment Update 7:50pm: Updates shares, adds Microsoft comment to NYT on UK antitrust review. Activision (NASDAQ:ATVI) fell almost 5% on a report that Microsoft’s legal team (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to expect that the UK’s antitrust authority may oppose its $69 billion videogame megadeal, according to a New York Times reports on Saturday, which cited four people familiar with the matter. The NYT updated its story later on Monday to include that Microsoft (MSFT) said it believes it has a strong case in the UK and it has not “predetermined,” nor been advised by its lawyers that the merger will be blocked.…
Witness list includes lawyers, bankers, accountants
The trial of Alex Murdaugh began Monday, Jan. 23 and we have the latest from the Colleton County Courthouse. Murdaugh will face his first charges in a long list of criminal and civil allegations in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. These two deaths were the catalyst to the ruins of the Murdaugh dynasty and the unfolding of a much larger story. The Greenville News will be in the courtroom to give you the latest updates starting with jury selection until a final verdict is reached. Watch the Alex Murdaught trial live:Murdaugh trial live stream today: Inside the Colleton County courtroom, updates Follow Michael DeWitt’s Twitter feed for Murdaught trial updates A Twitter List by SEDOT_J_Orlando Monday pm updates from the Colleton County courthouse The aroma of food trucks wafting through the crowds and lighted tents produced a carnival-like atmosphere outdoors, but inside the Colleton County Courthouse serious public business was at hand.…
JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) Price Target Raised to $29.00 at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG – Get Rating) had its price objective hoisted by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $28.00 to $29.00 in a report released on Monday, Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an overweight rating on the stock. Other equity analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on JFrog from $26.00 to $24.00 and set a neutral rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 5th. Needham & Company LLC decreased their price objective on JFrog from $30.00 to $28.00 and set a buy rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 3rd.…
Legal sizes for lobsters trapped off New England could change to protect the population
Local The commission said it’s considering the changes because of a worrisome lack of baby lobsters growing off New England. Max Oliver moves a lobster to the banding table aboard his boat while fishing off Spruce Head, Maine, on Aug. 31, 2021. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press February 6, 2023 | 3:01PM PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters that can be trapped off New England could soon become stricter, potentially bringing big changes to one of the most valuable seafood industries in the country. Fishers are required to measure lobsters from eyes to tail and must throw back the crustaceans if they’re too large or too small.…
Man shot by Indianapolis police in grandmother’s driveway files legal demand
The city of Indianapolis and its police department have been sent a legal demand for financial compensation by a man who says officers shot him multiple times at the same time they were asking him to put his hands up. Anthony Maclin was hit three times by gunfire from Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers while he was in a rental car outside his grandmother’s house early in the morning of Dec. 31. He had a gun on his lap, but his attorneys say body camera footage from the shooting never shows Maclin with the gun in his hand. more:Indy police shoot home owner’s grandson in parked car with gun next to him “The officers had no justification whatsoever to use deadly force on Anthony,” Maclin’s attorneys wrote in a tort claim sent to the city Monday.…
Bankrupt FTX threatens legal action to claw back donations to politicians, charities
The new leadership team of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX.com has threatened legal action against political and charitable organizations that fail to return donations they received when the exchange was led by Sam Bankman-Fried, according to a statement released Sunday. FTX requested the funds be returned by Feb. 28, claiming that they “reserve the right to commence actions before the Bankruptcy Court” if the funds are not returned by that date, with interest accruing from the date any action is commenced. Recipients of such funds were also warned that making subsequent charitable donations of the equivalent amount being sought for return would not shield them from FTX’s recovery efforts.…