Attorney-Authors from several firms contributed articles of substantive law this quarter.  The full text of each article can be read simply by clicking on the title of the article.  A full index of Interlaw publications can be found at www.interlaw.org.

Legal Articles from Around the Globe:

Supreme Court Dismissed… Pablo Ortiz-García, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (Ecuador):

In December 2004, the Ecuadorian Congress dismissed through a resolution the 31 Justices of the Supreme Court of Justice that had been appointed in 1997 and appointed their replacements.  To most of the Ecuadorian people and almost all the country’s lawyers, such resolution was absolutely unconstitutional, inasmuch as the Congress, following an amendment to the constitution, assumed functions that are not enshrined in the Constitution… More

Look Both Ways: M&A Comparative Law…Roundtable discussion with Philip Paterson; Aravind Ramanna of Boekel De Nerée N.V. (The Netherlands) and Bill Capps and Rob Steinberg of  Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & MarmaroLLP(California): Because cross border merger and acquisition transactions are occurring with greater frequency than ever, we thought it would be useful to sit down with a few M&A practitioners to discuss some of the practical experience they have gained in working with companies in America and Europe.  We selected a few areas to discuss that seemed to present common problems… More

U.S. Bankruptcy…Jack Cullen, Foster Pepper, PLLC (Seattle): The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed by President George W. Bush on April 20, 2005, takes effect on October 17, 2005.  It is a major change in the way consumer debtors are treated in bankruptcy (for the worse, many practitioners would say).  More

Irish Stock Exchange…Ciara O'Leary of Binchys (Dublin): On 12 April 2005 the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) launched its new market, the Irish Enterprise Exchange (IEX). Both the Exploration Securities Market (ESM) and the Developing Companies Market (DCM) markets have now ceased to exist and the ISE has invited all companies previously quoted on the ESM and DCM to transfer to the IEX…  More

Irish Companies…Michelle McLoughlin of Binchys (Dublin):  The Irish Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act of has introduced a number of very significant changes into Irish company law, in particular for public limited companies… More

Law Update in Central America…F.A. Arias & Munoz(Central America) provides updates on free competition law by the Congress of El Salvador, trademark and tax law news…More