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Rap artist’s company wants to subpoena documents from US insurers in a multibillion-dollar dispute with Bacardi and its US subsidiary

A law designed to protect personal information could be further rolled out on a staggered basis by sector, according to the Privacy Commissioner. Alexander White explained that international businesses might be ready for data compliance while other o...

The Privy Council has ruled against the Bermuda Court of Appeal in a Bermuda purpose trust case which challenged the decision of the trustees of a multibillion-dollar Taiwanese plastics fortune to remove the settlors’ family members as beneficiaries....

A clean air advocacy group is questioning the timeline for the drafting of new clean air laws aimed at curbing pollution, saying it has received mixed messages from the Government. The Bermuda Clean Air Coalition, launched in direct response to pollu...

A dispute between a landlord and tenant is to go back for trial after appeal court judges found that a magistrate was wrong to make a ruling without hearing evidence. The panel was told there was “an established practice” in Magistrates’ Court where ...

Former US ambassador to Ukraine and New York Times bestselling author Marie Yovanovitch was at the top of the bill at the recent Women, Influence & Power in Law 2022 conference in Washington DC, attended by Appleby partner Tammy Richardson-Augustus. ...

The first hearing of an action brought by dissident shareholders in relation to the merger of Apollo Global Management with Athene Holdings Ltd has concluded with the terms of an order relating to the scope of the obligation by the defendants to prod...

The Step Bermuda Conference returns next week with a record number of speakers and as a three-day affair for the first time. The event, presented by the Bermuda branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, will feature more than 30 speake...

The Police and Fire Retirement System for the City of Detroit late last week filed a class-action lawsuit against Argo Group International Holdings Inc, the Bermuda international underwriter of property and casualty insurance with offices on Pitts Ba...

The Employment Act 2000 is the island’s key piece of employment legislation, applicable to employees who work mainly in Bermuda under an employment contract. The Act aims to promote fair treatment of employers and employees by providing minimum stand...

The man who brought Arbitrade to Bermuda is fighting two new legal challenges, both filed against him and his company and associates last week in two separate jurisdictions. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges in the United States Di...

The law requires that an agreement for sale and purchase of Bermuda land is in writing. Typically a seller and buyer agree a transaction “in principle”. The seller will market at a particular price and the buyer will make an offer, whether or not at ...