While the appearance of debit and credit cards is similar, the attributes have significant differences, particularly when it comes to account overdrafts. This does not suggest that credit cards are somehow superior products, as complaints abound concerning credit card fees. Nevertheless,...

Bank debit cards may look like credit cards, but they certainly do not act like them when it comes to account overdrafts. This does not suggest that credit cards are better than debit cards, as complaints abound concerning the transparency of fees charged to consumers for credit card...

This article looks at New Zealand's conduct of business rules for financial advisers. It compares New Zealand's rules to conduct of business rules applicable in the United Kingdom and Australia. There are major respects in which New Zealand's conduct of business rules fall behind best practice,...

This paper makes a detailed analysis on how parody affects the fashion industry. In addition, the scope of this paper is to advocate the need for a better balance between parody and fashion, which can be arranged by affixing the Trade Mark Dilution Revision Act. This paper starts by making a...

When examining a corporate taxpayer, the IRS often seeks special accounting documents called tax accrual workpapers. These workpapers often contain privileged documents, but the IRS does not care. It believes it is entitled to the documents despite that the work product doctrine protects the...

This Article offers an analysis of the clean hands doctrine. The doctrine spans every conceivable controversy and effectively eliminates rights. A number of state and federal courts no longer restrict unclean hands to equitable remedies or preserve the substantive version of the defense. It has...

In 2016 and 2017, states continued their engagement with international investment law. A small minority of states displayed scepticism or tried to disengage themselves from their investment law obligations. This chapter addresses select institutional developments in international investment law...

The Scottish decision in Morris (Liquidator of Bank of Credit amp; Commerce International), Re Petition of The Bank of England is correct that an ancillary winding-up makes good sense and may disapply local procedural rules that do not serve any practical purpose. Owing to a misunderstanding of...

Bankruptcy is a statutory system, yet it is replete with practices for which there is no direct authorization in the Bankruptcy Code. This article argues that the authorization for judicial creation of bankruptcy law beyond the provisions of the Code has been misidentified as the equity powers...

Bankruptcy is a statutory system, yet it is replete with practices for which there is no direct authorization in the Bankruptcy Code. This article argues that the authorization for judicial creation of bankruptcy law beyond the provisions of the Code has been misidentified as the equity powers...