Forty years ago, law firms were rarely sued, but today they are a favorite litigation target of both disgruntled clients and third parties, such as investors or bankruptcy trustees, when a transaction or lawsuit has a bad outcome.

The Australian Government has recently proposed a significant overhaul of the country’s merger review system. The proposed merger reform seeks to amend the CCA to strengthen the merger review process and enhance competition in the market, and to create a more robust, streamlined, and transparent merger control regime.

You’ve got to hand it to litigation funders. They continue to explore novel ways to ameliorate the significant cost of class action litigation. In Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW (No 4), the NSW Supreme Court determined that the litigation funding arrangement in that case did not constitute a recoverable head of damage for class members.

The bankruptcy statistics for this year 2021 indicate what many experts in bankruptcy law already predicted: The avalanche of bankruptcy proceedings is a reality. However, the statistics are highly distorted by the bankruptcy moratorium that was declared by Royal Decree-Law

Several voices predict a serious economic crisis once the alarm state generated by the COVID-19 virus has ended.

This article is framed in the unusual health crisis generated by COVID-19 and the present and future impact of the pandemic containment measures agreed and implemented by the Spanish government in almost all economic sectors.

Present and future health and economic crisis due to COVID-19 in our country is nothing new. Uncertainty knocks on the door of the homes of all Spanish homes.

When someone decides to become an entrepreneur is rarely aware of the number of barriers, upsetting experiences and problems to be faced during the life of the company. The COVID-19 has plunged us into an absolutely unusual situation, never experienced before.