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| 2007 A RECORD YEAR FOR PRIVATE EQUITY EXITS | Private equity outperforms public companies LONDON, 9 JULY 2008 – Despite the credit crunch, the enterprise value (EV) growth of private equity-owned businesses firms outperformed that of the public companies for the third consecutive year, according to Ernst & Young's global study of the 100 largest private equity exits in 2007, How do private equity investors create value? Beyond the credit crunch. | | Published in 09-07-2008 by Ernst & Young Services SA |
| CALL FOR PAPERS 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD | Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law American University Washington College of Law The Academy is proud to announce the topic of the 2008 Human Rights Award: "International Human Rights Law and the Protection of the Environment". Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2008. About the Award The Human Rights Award is an annual competition sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law that seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. | | Published in 14-01-2008 by Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law |
| RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPEAN FINANCIAL AND BANKING LAW | A recent seminar organised by ERA in Trier on 6-7 December 2007 addressed to practising lawyers in the banking, financial services and fund industry, discussed developments in European Financial and Banking Law. | | Published in 13-01-2008 by Newsletter of the Academy of European Law |
| FOCUS ON SWISS ROLE IN FIGHTING FRAUD | A conference organised by ERA and the Basel Institute of Governance in Basel on 10-11 December 2007 discussed Switzerland's role in protecting the European Union's financial interests. As one of the world's major financial centres and a transit country for enormous amounts of money, Switzerland is both a potential risk and a critical partner for the EU in the fight against fraud. | | Published in 13-01-2008 by Newsletter of the Academy of European Law |
| EUROPEAN INSURANCE CONTRACT LAW | The European Academy of Law in cooperation with the Joint Network on European Private Law will held on 21-22 January 2008 a conference in Trier on European Insurance Contract Law, for legal practitioners in the area of insurance contract law, stakeholders, lawyers in ministries, academics. The participation fee is 100.00 euro. | | Published in 13-01-2008 by ERA |
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| SOFT POWER | When Joseph Nye, Jr. first introduced the concept of soft power in Bound to Lead in 1990, he pointed out that the U.S. was not only the strongest nation in military and economic terms, but also in what he called soft power. | | Published in 25-11-2007 by Marielinekaram |
| EXCESSIVE COMPLEXITY OF THE LAW COULD ENDANGER FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS PROTECTION IN THE EU, EXPERTS SAY | The protection of fundamental rights in the European Union is currently undergoing a transformation. Among the core issues discussed at a conference on this topic organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA) that ended today (20 November 2007) in Trier, Germany, were the possible accession of the European Union to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) and the role of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency which took up its work eight months ago. While the introduction of new actors and lega instruments in the area of fundamental rights protection might result in unnecessary duplication, | | Published in 20-11-2007 by ERA |
| CASE ACCEPTED FOR REFERRAL TO THE GRAND CHAMBER | The following case has been referred to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights: Yumak and Sadak v. Turkey (application no. 10226/03). | | Published in 08-08-2007 by The European Court of Human Rights |
| SPIN CONTROL: SUPREME COURT SETS RECORD STRAIGHT ON SECURITIES FRAUD CLAIMS | Much like political commentary and major-league pitching, corporate securities litigation is often all about "spin." Plaintiffs' lawyers make their living weaving a tale of corporate deception, coupled with a drop in stock price, into a securities fraud claim. The most crucial element?a defendant's intent to deceive?is almost always supplied by "spin," or inference from other facts, in the face of protestations of innocent mistake by the defendant. | | Published in 18-07-2007 by Robert L. Schnell, Jr and Jesseca R.F. Grassley |
| REAL ESTATE LEGAL UPDATE JULY 2007 | Correcting mistakes in leases The recent case of KPMG LLP -v- Network Rail Infrastructure Limited concerned a dispute about the wording of a lease. The lease, dated 11 July 1985 was entered into pursuant to an Agreement for Lease dated 13 December 1974. Between the date of the Agreement for Lease and the completion of the lease, several changes were made to the form of the lease by Network Rail's solicitors. The dispute related to the break clause - wording, included in the draft lease annexed t the Agreement for Lease, had been omitted from the final form of lease | | Published in 18-07-2007 by Maria Connolly |
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