All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Regulation & Administrative Law

Seven German sports betting cases are now pending before the ECJ (one from Cologne, three each from Stuttgart and Giessen). The German courts asked the ECJ whether a national monopoly can be upheld under EU law, if there is no coherent and systematic policy. 

SEBI propose to introduce several new derivative products principally to bring more activity into the onshore markets in order to bring more trade onshore.

Putin has scored again. This time he has successfully hit multiple targets : EU’s financial and energy policy, opening a bigger gap between USA and EU, and sowing the rift within EU, while acquiring perhaps a substantial part of portfolios of gas and oil exploratory licenses and down stream refineries...

The Shtokman contracting model might influence the future contracting regime in Russia regarding development of Russia's huge natural resources. If the Shtokman contract become a model for other contracts, it will reduce some existing uncertainty in the regulatory mechanisms affecting foreign...

I remain skeptical about  GAzprom using this model to make deals wiht Europe. the Shtokman deal seems like a one-off event and has always been manipualted for political purposes, in this case to  give opportunities for influencing Russo-French relations.  There are no other signs of Russian...

BHP Billiton is geographically the closest supplier to China of iron ore. BHP wants the 2008 price for its iron ore to be indexed to the Cinese spot market. Who would benefit most from this "first step,' perhaps, towards an exchange traded iron ore contract? I think not.

The experts will always be a likely target when the wind shifts unfavorably on financial guidance. The precedent being set up under these Subprime issues may open up the flood gates to very vocal opinions marching up court house steps. 

The problem stems from the two contradictory statements: "...China's strong iron ore demand is behind BHP Billiton's ( Australia ) intention to nearly double its iron ore capacity from a predicted 155 million tonnes in 2010 to 300 million tonnes in 2015..", Ben Williams, vice president of BHP Billiton...

Here's the background. The EU opened up a series of anti-monopoly investigations against Microsoft starting in 1999. The EU found that  Mocrosoft abused his dominance of the operating systems market both by tying WMO ( Window Media Player ) to Windows and by failing to release  information...

This article analyses the implications of India's new law on overseas derivative instruments through which hedge funds and other investors take exposure to Indian securities. The new policy is a significant step in the roadmap to India's future treatment of institutional investors. This development...