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  1. Duff on Hospitality Law

    Agoda Makes Its Move Into Agentic AI

    By Greg Duff

    Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, October 30, 2026. I hope everyone celebrating had a great Halloween. This…

  2. Duane Morris and Selvam

    Protectors, Private Adjudication and Powers: Three Questions Left Open by Mossanen v Julius Baer

    By Duane Morris, Selvam

    By Leonard LohKey Takeaway*: In Fereydoon Mossanen and others v Julius Baer Trust Co (Singapore) Ltd [2026] SGHC 190 (“Mossanen”), the High Court rescued a family trust by implying into…

  3. FCPA Professor

    Checking In On The Cabanes SEC FCPA Enforcement Action

    By Mike Koehler

    In November 2024, the SEC announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against Cyril Sebastien Dominique Cabanes (“Cabanes”) – a French citizen and resident of Singapore who was previously…

  4. Duane Morris and Selvam

    MAS amends the Singapore Code on Take-Overs and Mergers

    By Duane Morris, Selvam

    By Suilyn YipOn 16 June 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, on the advice of the Securities Industry Council (the “Council”), issued a revised Code on Take-overs and Mergers (the…

  5. EJIL: Talk!

    Announcements: BIICL-SLS Online Workshop; International Cooperation under the ECHR Conference; Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds Conference; There is No Just War Lecture; Fossil Fuel Feuds at the ICJ Webinar; CfP Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR; Canadian Council on International Law Annual Conference; ESIL Conversations Series; ILA Egyptian Branch Annual Conference

    By Mary Guest

    1. BIICL-SLS Online Workshop: Daily Life of International Law. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Society of Legal Scholars’ International Law section, together with Dr Jean-Pierre…

  6. JURIST

    Amnesty International says death penalty reforms leave Singapore isolated in Southeast Asia

    By Ellie Cho | U. Ottawa Faculty Of Law, CA

    Amnesty International on Thursday said a growing number of Southeast Asian states are cutting back on the death penalty, creating new momentum towards abolition in a region long known for…

  7. The Brand Protection Blog

    The Future of IP in Singapore in the Age of AI

    By Justin Davidson (HK), Nick Jens, Mina Li

    On 26 August 2026, Singapore’s Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) launched a public consultation on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the…

  8. Conflict of Laws .net

    Book Review: Choice of Forum Clauses in Asia (Lemuel L Lopez)

    By Chukwuma Okoli

      Choice of forum clauses are an important means of managing litigation risk in international commercial contracts. Their effectiveness, however, depends on how courts understand and enforce the parties’ agreement.…

  9. The D&O Diary

    New Market Manipulation-Related Securities Suit Filed Against Ryde Group

    By Sarah Abrams

    As we have detailed in prior posts (most recently here), one of the key securities class action litigation filing trends this year has been the emergence of a host of…

  10. The D&O Diary

    Singapore

    By Kevin LaCroix

    Singapore This past week, I was on assignment for The D&O Diary in Singapore, the prosperous and verdant city-state in equatorial Southeast Asia. With its clean and orderly streets and…