Pleading in front of judges or a jury is the art of spontaneously formulating structured persuasion live on the stage of a public courtroom. Daniel Urech shares his thoughts on this artform.

Article 322 of the Swiss Criminal Code ("SCC") sanctions the bribery of public officials (including private persons acting in a public capacity). Read Daniel Urech's analysis of his law. 

Everything about the Rita and Uli Sigg collection is unusual: the collector; the collection; the history of its genesis; and its final destination in Hong Kong’s M+ museum.

As most neutrals know, a mediator’s proposal is a settlement offer that the mediator makes to all parties, and each party is requested to accept or reject it on the exact terms proposed, in a confidential communication to the mediator. It calls for either an unconditional “yes” or “no” response, without modification, and the mediator is not permitted to disclose the responses that he or she receives unless both responses are “yes.�...

Welcome to our June update for 2012. In this update we discuss the ramifications of the new carbon tax for the energy industries; FIRB’s 2010-11 annual report and developments in the assessment process for the oil and gas sectors; and how the PPSA will affect the energy sector. We also look at Australia’s two major tax reforms – the mining tax and the carbon tax – and how key taxation proposals delivered in the recent Federal budget will affect...

Click to read CODA's article: "Uzbekistan Promulgates New Measures on Attracting Foreign Investment via Presidential Decree" (Chinese Only).

he National Mining Society (SONAMI) and the Foreign Investment Committee have signed a public-private institutional cooperation agreement in order to create and maintain propitious conditions for increasing access to information about concrete investment opportunities in Chile. The signing ceremony was attended by Alberto Salas, president of SONAMI, and Matías Mori, executive vice-president of the Foreign Investment Committee. They both...

Scottsdale, USA: The Executive Employer Conference, a two-day exploration of the most significant developments and latest trends impacting the workplace. The Conference is designed to help your organization stay on the path of legal compliance, avoiding risk while implementing practical solutions to enhance your workplace and workforce.

Embracing international arbitration is essential for any Latin American country that wishes to entice U.S. business or investment. For decades, U.S. companies and investors have been wary of significant dealings in Latin America for fear of being dragged in front of hostile local courts should disputes arise. This fear was well-founded given that, for nearly three quarters of a century, Latin American countries embraced the Calvo Doctrine, a...

In the Czech Republic, mediation exists as a legal, and as yet unregulated, activity involving the amicable resolution of disputes with the assistance of a neutral third person. But the term “mediation” is unknown to Czech law currently in force. Presently, the law recognizes only one way to resolve a dispute in an amicable manner: a conciliation procedure. Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain...