On 12 October 2016, the French Assemblée nationale adopted the law on « Justice of the XXIst Century » (Justice du XXIe siècle). The texte includes a wide number of measures notably extending the current mechanism of class-actions to cases of discrimination (not in...
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama blocked the bill (Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)) allowing victims of 9/11 and their relatives to sue the Government of Saudi Arabia over its alleged involvement in the terrorist attack. See our previous...
On 1st September 2016, a new law on arbitration comes into force in the Russian Federation. Key innovations of the so-called « Arbitration reform » inter alia address the following matters: the adoption of a presumption of arbitrability of disputes together with the...
The German Bundestag has adopted the a new criminal law regarding sexual assault at the beginning of the month . Accordingly, a sexual act will in the future also be considered as a rape if the victim does not actively defend itself. A crime is therefore also deemed...
Singapore ratified the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements with the aim to bolster it’s position as a dispute resolution hub in Asia. The Convention will come into force for Singapore on 1 October 2016. The Convention’s two basic aims are the enforcement of...
President Barack Obama is expected to block a bill (Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)) allowing victims of 9/11 and their relatives to sue the Government of Saudi Arabia over its alleged involvement in the terrorist attack. The bill passed the Senate...
