All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Legal Issues

Is the US Court system the most appropriate place to resole what some may think are foreign disputes? The heightened potential for exposure in the US clearly attracts foreign investors.  

This article discusses a remarkable judgment by the highest German tax court. With its decision from February 7, 2007, the Supreme Tax Court contradicted the tax authority’s long standing approach and stated that the regulation contained in section R 63(3) of the Corporate Tax Guidelines (Körperschaftsteuerrichtlinien;...

There is significant confusion in the press over the status of the BRCM/QCOM dispute in Santa Ana.  The simple summary is that BRCM right now faces a choice: delay the final decision and have a chance at an extra $20M, or accelerate to a likely injunction but waive any right to that extra cash. ...

Eerie things happened on October 10-11, 2007 when EC and US inspectors, presumably accompanied by the Swiss investigators ( as Switzerland is not a member of EU ) , raided offices of Swiss-based Kuehne & Nagel International AG and Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG. To be sure,  there...

With the increasing volume of data management & dissemination EED is at least for know the obvious answer. EED is mainly a child of the Federal Rule changes and the surge of discovery that is being authorized.

Protection from the State suits has been based on unanimous verdict of Federal Court in case of Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee, 531 U.S. 341 (2001). The Court said basically that: (1)"Policing fraud against federal agencies is not a 'traditional' state function."(2)"Existing federal law...

1. The issue of Federal versus state law is always important as both levels of government expand their regulatory scope. When the two clash, which will predominate? 2. This case involves the issue of rules made by a state legislature versus the authority of a Federalr regulatory agency. Are regulatory...

Although it is expected that the Court will reverse the Second Circuit's opinion, an alternative, reasonable outcome is that the narrow holding that that the Second Circuit's opinion should be construed narrowly as allowing exclusively claims under Michigan law brought in the Second Circuit and in which...

Will federal regulation on pharmaceutical & medical devices finally be consistently applied to all attempts at State court litigation/ Is the surge in state court product liability suits a soon thing of the past. 

The heading of this article is phrased as if there where no deduction of interest payments on loans used to finance the acquisition of shares possible under German jurisdiction. But that is not the full story. As it is often the case when it comes to German tax law, things appear to be tricky. That...