Is Price Inflation An Excuse To Not Perform In International Trade? An Analysis Of Two Important Clauses and Their Potential Outcomes In providing products in international trade when prices are rising, defendant who is performing the contract can have a defense of impractability. However, what do you do when the price of the contract is fixed during inflation when … [Read more...]
NO WRITTEN SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT? A SURVEY OF FLORIDA SHAREHOLDERS’ STATUTORY RIGHTS
for The Florida Bar May /June 2022 issue Originally Published on the Florida Bar Journal Vol. 96, No. 3 May/June 2022 AUTHORS: Eric N. Assouline (Managing Partner Assouline & Berlowe), Andrea Bos (Associate Attorney Assouline & Berlowe), and Davy Karkason ( Associate Attorney Cueto Law Group P.L.) Source of the original article: No Written Shareholder … [Read more...]
How do International Conflicts Affect Corporations & Investments?
The United States has announced more sanctions against Russia due to the invasion occurring in Ukraine. One of the main sanctions that will affect corporations and foreign investors is the ban on oil, energy, and wheat import from Russia. Today, the United States is among the first few countries taking such positions. These are some of the issues that corporations and … [Read more...]
Anatomy of an International Business Lawsuit.
As an international business attorney, all types of cases cross my desk. A good part of my practice involves international litigation. The cases range from simple breach of contract disputes to a complex trademark infringement proceedings. While both domestic and international lawsuits (where one or more parties are located in another country) look very similar, the … [Read more...]
Stranger Things in Venezuela: the Default Demogorgon
Having just wrapped up Season 2 of Stranger Things this week, I just couldn’t help draw the connection between the Mind Flayer and its army of Demogorgons wreaking havoc in Hawking, Indiana and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his finance ministers terrorizing global capital markets in Caracas, Venezuela. While the former makes for good entertainment, the latter makes … [Read more...]