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Why Is Property So High in California and What Are the Solutions?

26th February 2021
What are the barriers to homeownership in California? The state’s lack of housing supply has led to home prices skyrocketing throughout California, which in 2020 featured a median home price of $659,000. So that alone creates a barrier for many people. Additionally, the biggest barriers for low-income buyers – including people of colour – are […]
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How Leaving the EU May Herald a New Era of Electronic Verification

26th February 2021
Having left the EU, it might be safe to assume that EU regulations such as the recently published sixth money laundering directive do not apply to UK businesses. But this is where the reality of Brexit, beyond the daily headlines, becomes a little clearer.
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Liechtenstein’s Supervision of the Blockchain Sector: Are They Paving the Way?

26th February 2021
Financial technologies are an opportunity for Liechtenstein. What was the aim of the TVTG? Continuous further development of innovation is necessary to ensure positive economic development. Due to the high level of regulation in the financial sector, however, this requires a corresponding commitment to innovation on the part of the government and the authorities. The TVTG […]
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The Missing Piece: Class Actions in the UK

16th February 2021
At a time when class actions are gaining momentum around the world, and victims of mass harm have access to litigation funding and the ability to forum-shop, the UK must offer them an effective means of redress.
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Sloping towards Normality...Our Top Three Ski Destinations

29th January 2021
We miss the sound of laughter mixed with a martini at the much-deserved après-ski and long for the comforting warmth a fresh, hot coffee brings on a snow-filled balcony. How does coffee taste so much better in the mountains? I know many of you will be missing your annual ski trip to France for what […]
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Trump Ban: Did It Make Twitter Great Again?

29th January 2021
The welcome into 2021 was a little bit of a rough ride, especially for our friends in America.
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TalkTalk and BA Data Breaches – The Lasting Aftershocks

29th January 2021
The dust has not yet settled on the Information Commissioner’s fine imposed on British Airways (BA) in October 2020, but the company now faces the largest group claim over a data breach in the UK’s history. A similar claim has been brought against TalkTalk following a 2014/15 cyber-attack on the telecoms giant, though in that […]
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May the Force Majeure Be With You...

29th January 2021
You’d be forgiven for assuming a global pandemic counts as a force majeure, but this isn’t necessarily the case: not a single reported case law or English law authority exists on the operation of force majeure clauses in the context of epidemics or pandemics. Not that a well-drafted force majeure clause can’t be relied upon, […]
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Rakuten Acquires Fillr

29th January 2021
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Fillr powers tens of millions of transactions monthly for the world’s top e-commerce, fintech and ‘buy now, pay later apps, including for Rakuten’s shopping rewards and Cash Back destination in the United States and Canada. Terms of the acquisition, led by Rakuten Americas on behalf of Rakuten Inc., were not disclosed. […]
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$1bn Reliance JV with BP

29th January 2021
This deal involved the transfer of the pan-India petroleum retail marketing and other ancillary businesses of RIL to a separate entity, immediately followed by an acquisition of a 49 per cent stake by BP in the joint venture entity.   Touchstone Partners advised BP on all Indian legal and regulatory aspects of the transaction, including […]
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