Businesses working outside large urban areas in British Columbia (and, in some cases, within them as well) often need good working relationships with neighbouring First Nations, whose aboriginal claims could be affected by provincial permitting decisions....

The threat to international shipping posed by the recent spike in piracy off the Somali coast has been making headlines. Reports of passengers falling ill while on cruise ships also dot the news, as do stories concerning workers on oil drilling rigs who are...

Benjamin K. Sibbett addresses the situation in which an attorney is representing a nationally-focused, non-U.S. company without an international presence in connection with its acquisition of an international business division from a large U.S. company. In...

In the wake of a number of security incidents in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the debate has reopened as to whether there should be a US-style security breach notification law, requiring those suffering a data breach to notify individuals, as well as...

Increasingly sharp competition among large law firms, particularly in the U.S. and the UK, for high-end transactional work in securities, M&A, tax, environmental, etc. is evident. Even smaller firms are seeking to globalize their practices, particularly...

The globalization of commercial transactions of all kinds has naturally led to a corresponding growth in disputes among the transacting parties. Litigation is often not a practical means of settling these disputes because of the wide procedural and cultural...

Confused by the different terrorist lists? So are many people. LexisNexis® Expert Commentaries provides a concise explanation of the Foreign Terrorist Organizations List, the Terrorist Exclusion List, the Specially Designated Terrorists List, the Specially...

The landscape of criminal cartel enforcement is undergoing a tectonic shift. David L. Cook, counsel in Clifford Chance US LLP's Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, who specializes in international litigation, antitrust, commercial litigation and...