Author: Panashe Matemba-Mutasa

Under existing California court rules, prospective jurors may be excused from service when a disability or medical condition prevents them from serving.Read More

Oklahoma cities have strict leash laws. Learn where you can legally let your dog run free in designated parks.Read More

How courts are recharacterizing MCA agreements—and what it means for lenders and borrowers alike.Read More

Judge Sean H. Lane published an opinion (In re Nussbaum Lowinger LLP) about when a chapter 11, filed after an ABC was pending, can and can’t pull assets out of the ABC. Given the rise in use of ABCs generally, Judge Lane’s guidelines are practical practice points relevant to all restructuring attorneys.Read More

The article examines recent Serta Simmons and Del Monte Foods decisions through a practical lens: despite the complexity and increasing creativity of liability management transactions, the disputes they generate still tend to turn on basic principles of contract interpretation and, ultimately, the particular words on the page. Rather than treating “LME” as a single legal category. The author evaluates how the courts approached the specific contractual language and transaction mechanics in each case and examines what the differing results mean for lenders, borrowers, and practitioners drafting, structuring, or litigating future transactions.Read More

Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi’s body was found dismembered. Her ex-husband, his father and brother are accused of killing her.Read More

Parliamentary lawmakers on Oct. 12 to discuss rejoining European Union.Read More

Visitors stopping to take pictures of the 68m medieval embroidery were holding up others, prompting the rule change.Read More

The husband of the US mother who strangled her three young children discusses his grief in an interview with CBS News.Read More

‘It’s a really weird moment because we’re having a bunch of tourists come in.’Read More