“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By: Ainsley Brown This forms part of the Middle Passage Law Series on Law Is Cool. American International Group, better know by its acronym AIG, it seems these days can rarely catch a break. It just seems negative news follows negative news for this company. This time the negative news for this too big to fail company – deeply wounded
By: Ainsley Brown The European Union (EU) and Vietnam have now officially stated free trade talks after Karel De Gucht, the EU Trade Commissioner, met with the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi. The talks come after the successful conclusion of the 2 year in the making deal signed with South Korea in October of last year. This
By: Ainsley Brown I was sent this video by my cousin Kia and I thought it worthwhile to share it here on Commercial Law International. It is a lecture given by Phillip K. Howard, the author of The Death of Common Sense, and founder of the not-for-profit Common Good. As taken from its website: “Common Good is a non-profit, non-partisan
By: Ainsley Brown Global trade was expected to drop as much as 10% in 2009; instead it fell by 12%. That extra two percent may not seem like much but it represents the largest drop in global commerce since 1945. This greater than expected drop has lead to renewed calls from Pascal Lamy, the Director General of the World Trade
By: Ainsley Brown The stage was for a very interesting court battle in Australia pitting advisor against former client; at stake the fees that the advisor could charge. While the case remains interesting the deep probing spotlight that it promised on investment banking fees alas may not materialize. JP Morgan Chase, the investment bank is suing its former client Consolidated
By: Ainsley Brown Islamic banking and finance (IBF) is a subject that I have longed to blog about here on Commercial Law International and after much procrastination here is a brief commentary. And by brief I mean brief – don’t get me wrong this is by no means all I have to say about the subject, far from it. I
By Charles Wanguhu Churches are once again taking the lead in ethical investing. A short while ago I wrote about the catholic church pulling out of a fund which was found to have investments in defense, contraception and other companies contrary to the catholic faith. Consequently the Church of England has sold its £3.8 million stake in Vedanta Resources,
This is a post that recently appeared on Slaw written by my friend Omar Ha-Redeye which I believe would be of some value to my readers. Enjoy. by Omar Ha-Redeye on February 14th, 2010 On February 9, 2010, David Cruickshank spoke at UWO Law on “The Business of Law: Hot Topics and Emerging Trends in the Legal Profession.” Cruickshank is a partner at Kerma Partners
By: Ainsley Brown In move that comes as no surprise, China has launched an official complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the European Union (EU) duties on imported Chinese shoes. And I saw this one coming a mile away; see my previous post on this issue. The duties were imposed in December of last year for a 15 month
By: Ainsley Brown Cricket, lovely cricket…it would not be an overstatement to say that in India the love of sport of cricket is close to being if not equal to religious devotion. The Indian Premier League (IPL) it could be argued is the hottest tournament right now in the world of cricket. The broadcasting rights are reportedly worth $1 billion