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Deal Points: A Reminder about Sales and Use Tax Issues in Middle Market Dispositions
December 02, 2015
In: State & Local Tax (SALT)As the end of 2015 nears, as in past years, we in the Business and Finance Group of Horwood Marcus & Berk find ourselves again working fervently to assist highly successful middle-market companies and their sponsors through stock sales or asset dispositions on a year-end timeline.
Read MoreFreezing Orders in Jersey in Post-Judgment Proceedings
November 30, 2015
Authored by: Eric (Rick) ReinIn: International Asset Recovery
In a recent unreported decision,ENRC NV v. Zamin Ferrous Limited(2015) JRC 217, the Jersey Royal Court demonstrated its consent to ensuring that judgment creditors can enforce their judgments worldwide.
Read MoreDiscovery Obtained Under Section 1782 Is Not Precluded From Use In Subsequent Litigation In the U.S.
November 10, 2015
Authored by: Eric (Rick) ReinIn: International Asset Recovery
The Eleventh Circuit recently addressed an issue of first impression as to whether discovery obtained under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 could later be used in civil litigation in the United States. InGlock v. Glock, Inc, 797 F. 3d 1002, plaintiff filed a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 seeking to discover evidence for use in her Austrian divorce proceedings. About one and one half years later, she filed a separate RICO lawsuit in the U.S. Plaintiff returned to the Section 1782 court to seek authorization to allow her to disclose the documents she obtained in that litigation to her RICO attorney for potential use in the RICO action.
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