by Editor | Oct 10, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Ed Note: This article is republished with permission from September’s Legal Lookout. In 1920, Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act, colloquially “the Jones Act,” which governs transportation of cargo within the U.S....
by Editor | Sep 7, 2017 | Commercial Issues
Karyna Gorovaya, Senior Lawyer, Interlegal, Ukraine One of the most popular global business activities is international trade. Ukraine is also engaged in such process. Official statistic data show that Ukraine, as the agricultural state, ranks among the top global...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2017 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Felipe Arizon, Spain felipearizon@arizon.es Ref: Judgment of 5th October 2016 This was an appeal by Messrs. A/P Moller Maersk AS against the judgment issued by the Valencia Commercial Court in respect to a claim for demurrage and other costs incurred by a shipment of...
by Editor | Jul 2, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Jean-Michel Moriniere, UAE jm@moriniere.org On 5 June 2017, three of the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”), the Federation of the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and the Kingdom of Bahrain (“Bahrain”) have decided to...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Jean-Michel Moriniere, UAE jm@moriniere.org On 5 June 2017, three of the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”), the Federation of the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and the Kingdom of Bahrain (“Bahrain”) have decided to...
by Editor | Jun 5, 2017 | Commercial Issues, International Conventions
Robert Vogel, Switzerland rvogel@swisslegal.ch It was a little sensation when Switzerland as the first European county managed to close a free trade agreement with China. The FTA is in force since the 1th of July 2014, today, more than two years later, it is time to...
