Yes, in some circumstances. This firm had a claim initiated by a party to a charter party agreement (“CPA”) dismissed and compelled arbitration on that claim because the CPA contained an arbitration clause. Significantly, our client was not a signatory to that CPA.  But, because the charterer based its claim on an agreement containing an [...]

Covid-19 has created a perfect storm for regulatory lapses and failures: an unprecedented combination of business and regulatory disruption in a condensed time of period. Compliance requirements and safeguards are ignored, and compliance investigations hindered, delayed, or canceled. But do not expect the Department of Justice or the Securities and the Exchange Commission(“SEC”) to relax enforcement [...]

On 17 April 2020, the Thai government published in the Royal Gazette two ministerial regulations relating to social security relief. One of them temporarily increases unemployment allowance rates (from a maximum of THB 7,500 to THB 15,000) and the eligible period (from a maximum of 180 days to 200 days) for  employees whose employment comes [...]