http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net Caroline Bradley's Law Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:55:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The G20 declaration contains a call for "sound regulation": We pledge to strengthen our regulatory regimes, prudential oversight, and risk management, and ensure that all financial markets, products and participants are regulated or subject to oversight, as appropriate to their circumstances. We will exercise strong oversight over credit rating agencies, consistent ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/11/17/sound-regulation/ In Jose Gonzalez Gomez V Encarnacion Gomez-Monche Vives (Court of Appeal Oct. 3, 2008) the Court of Appeal was faced with figuring out the domicile of a trust for the purposes of Article 5(6) of the Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulation which provides that: A person domiciled in a Member State ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/11/02/trusts-and-choice-of-law/ It seems that a women has been arrested in Japan for using a borrowed (without consent) password to access Maple Story and kill the avatar who had just divorced her avatar, because she was extremely angry about the divorce. The news story headlines describe this as "online 'murder'" (Guardian) although ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/10/24/virtual-world-murder-real-world-consequences/ The Jean Monnet Chair and the Miami/FIU European Union Center of Excellence are holding a symposium on Europe’s Constitution: the EU Treaties on Tuesday, November 18, from 3:30-6:30 PM in Merrick 307, at the University of Miami. Speakers include Finn Laursen of Dalhousie University and the Consuls General of ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/10/20/forthcoming-symposium-at-um/ The Commission has published proposals to revise the deposit guarantee schemes directive, which are designed to implement the Council's recent decisions. The document notes that normal processes have been distorted in current emergency conditions: Due to the urgency of the matter, neither an impact assessment nor a public consultation could ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/10/16/eu-proposed-revisions-to-depositor-protection/ Shopping doesn't seem to be most people's top priority in current market conditions. But perhaps this means that it is a good time to think about consumer protection. The Commission published yesterday a new proposed consumer protection directive to collect and revise existing EU consumer protection rules. The proposal is ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/10/09/proposed-revision-of-eu-consumer-protection/ Depositor protection has been a subject of controversy in the EU before now (for example, the negotiations which led to the adoption of the deposit guarantees directive). But no sooner had Peter Mandelson taken the helm of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (the "Voice for Business ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/10/05/competitive-depositor-protection/ A recent press release from the Florida Courts announces a number of public meetings: Think of the changes Florida has undergone in the last two decades – and imagine the changes that will take place in the next two decades. As Florida changes, so too must Florida courts. Sheer population growth ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/09/30/the-future-of-florida-courts/ The Bradford & Bingley Transfer of Securities etc Order was adopted yesterday under the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 on an unusual schedule for UK statutory instruments: 3.1 It was not possible in the case of this Order to comply with the 21-day rule according to which relevant instruments are laid ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/09/30/legislation-delegated-legislation-and-financial-emergencies/ Reading the recent news about melamine contamination of foods produced in China, and remembering how friends with pets dealt with last year's pet food melamine contamination problem, I wonder how worried to be. A story which began with problems in infant formula spread to other products made with milk as ... http://blenderlaw.umlaw.net/2008/09/26/not-understanding-food-risks/