A recent panel discussion held by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law included partners from Hogan Lovells Matthew Felwick and Valerie Kenyon, along with Augusta Maciuleviciute of BEUC, Rhonson Salim of Ashton Law School, and Therium Capital Management’s Neil Purslow. Together, they discussed the EU Representative Actions Directive.

Despite Quibi’s failure to corner the short-form Netflix market, its IP dispute with Eko is still very much alive. Eko is being funded by Elliott Management—which has fought Quibi’s every attempt to get through the discovery process. In fact, Elliott tried to quash an SDNY subpoena investigating how much Elliott knows as the legal funder of the case.

Cereal and snack company Freedom Foods is still in voluntary suspension from ASX until its recapitalization is completed in April. Since then, the company sold to Arnott for $20 million.

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has confirmed that it has changed the sunset date of the ASIC Corporations Instrument from October 2020 to August 2025.

Arbitral awards are widely enforceable, which is a bonus for the parties involved. However, this enforcement is finite. There are limitation periods which, once surpassed, can render an arbitral award unenforceable.

A recent roundtable of law firm leaders featured Jason Peltz of Bartlit Beck, Frank Ryan of DLA Piper, and Jason Leckerman of Ballard Spahr. They discussed industry trends, the ongoing impact of COVID, and how to best educate the public about legal funding.