This article assesses the operation of the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations 2003 (FCAR), as amended by the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality and Financial Collateral Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2010. It will be seen that the FCAR has achieved...

In this contribution to a symposium sponsored by the Kansas Law Review, I examine the path from the Iowa Supreme Court's 2009 ruling in Varnum v. Brien (in which the court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage) to the ouster of three of the court's seven justices in Iowa's 2010...

This article seeks to demonstrate that when granting relief under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006, the English court may apply foreign law consistent with the US Chapter 15 jurisprudence. Three practical areas where the application of foreign law is often important are bankruptcy...

The court in Mayhew v. King 2010] EWHC 1121 (Ch) failed to recognise that the principle against divestiture has nothing to do with the principle of pari passu distribution. However, the court's actual application of the principle is in many respects a healthy repudiation of the Court of Appeal's...

Using law and policy as a sustainable competitive advantage source is a recent research stream. This paper illustrates how legal and policy research contributes to firms' strategy in the regulated gambling industry, defined by legislation and jurisprudence. The gambling sector has been a...

Case law discussions in sport management scholarship and pedagogy frequently focus exclusively on one primary topic area. Thus, a case serves as a textbook example of a specific legal theory and management practice points. Occasionally, a multi-faceted case allows for an elaborate, comprehensive...

Contemporary NCAA athletics compliance administrators hold the reputation of the institution in their hands. They are charged with a plethora of duties including education, monitoring, and enforcement of all NCAA and conference rules and regulations on their campuses (Max, 2005; NCAA, 2000; Texas A&M,...

Finally, an analysis of the present situation in EU gambling and sport betting after the recent ECJ decisions will be attempted, via scenarios from primary (national MS practices, policies, and case law) and secondary (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, 2006; European Gaming and Betting...

Given its high level of regulation, the gambling industry must be able to react quickly to litigation and resulting change in policy (and enforcement thereof). Using a case study approach, this short paper highlights how the twin issues of policy and litigation have recently impacted the...