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Amsterdam District Court Renders Interim Judgment In International Anti-SLAPP Dispute
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Amsterdam District Court Renders Interim Judgment in International Anti-SLAPP Dispute
On June 3, 2026, the Amsterdam District Court ("the Court") rendered an interim judgment ("the Judgment") in the ongoing anti-SLAPP dispute between Greenpeace International ("GI") and a U.S.-based energy company ("the Company"). A SLAPP refers to "strategic litigation against public participation": proceedings alleged to be brought not primarily to assert legal rights, but to limit a public participant's (such as NGOs, journalists, and academics) participation in the public debate.
Group concerns and communication and cooperation between practitioners under the European Insolvency Regulation (Part II)
1 INTRODUCTION (PART II) This article is part of a diptych in which the author aims to examine, with a focus on the main protagonist of insolvency proceedings, the insolvency practitioner, to what extent the provisions of Chapter V, Section I of the Recast EIR (the CoCo Provisions), allow for efficient restructurings of those group companies.
Group concerns and communication and cooperation between practitioners under the European Insolvency Regulation (Part I)
1 INTRODUCTION The starting point of insolvency laws in the European Union (EU) has historically been based on the maxim of ‘every person for themselves’. The cornerstone company law principles of legal separateness and limited liability are generally taken to prescribe that only individual legal entities can be considered subjects of insolvency laws and that there was no place for groups of companies in insolvency.
Getting Compensation After A Bank Bailout: Lessons From A Decade Of SNS Litigation
The Situation: After the nationalization of the Dutch SNS banking and insurance group, the Dutch Minister of Finance offered zero compensation to expropriated bondholders. The Result: Ten years after the nationalization, the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed compensation awards totaling approximately €1 billion including accrued interest. Looking Ahead: The SNS case provides some interesting lessons on where those seeking compensation in the context of bank bailouts and resolutions may head.
Getting Compensation After a Bank Bailout: Lessons From a Decade of SNS Litigation | JD Supra
In Short: The Situation: After the nationalization of the Dutch SNS banking and insurance group, the Dutch Minister of Finance offered zero compensation to expropriated bondholders. The Result: Ten years after the nationalization, the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed compensation awards totaling approximately €1 billion including accrued interest. Looking Ahead: The SNS case provides some interesting lessons on where those seeking compensation in the context of bank bailouts and resolutions may head.
Legislative Update: The Dutch Scheme Has Arrived | JD Supra
After more than six years of development, the legislative process concerning new Dutch restructuring legislation (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord, or "WHOA") that introduces a Dutch debtor-in-possession proceeding ("Dutch Scheme"), combining features of chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the English Scheme of Arrangement, was finalized at the end of 2020. The WHOA entered into force January 1, 2021, and is now available to companies.
The Dutch Scheme Has Arrived
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. After more than six years of development, the legislative process concerning new Dutch restructuring legislation (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord, or "WHOA") that introduces a Dutch debtor-in-possession proceeding (a "Dutch Scheme") combining features of chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the English Scheme of Arrangement was finalized at the end of 2020.
The Dutch Scheme Has Arrived | JD Supra
After more than six years of development, the legislative process concerning new Dutch restructuring legislation (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord, or “WHOA”) that introduces a Dutch debtor-in-possession proceeding (a “Dutch Scheme”) combining features of chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the English Scheme of Arrangement was finalized at the end of 2020. The WHOA entered into force January 1, 2021 and is thus available to companies in distress from now onwards.
Legislative Update: New Dutch Restructuring Law Enacted | JD Supra
On October 6, 2020, the Dutch Senate approved long-anticipated restructuring legislation allowing for court confirmation of extrajudicial restructuring plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord, or "WHOA"). The legislation combines features of the U.S. chapter 11 procedure and the English Scheme of Arrangement.
Defining groups of companies under the European Insolvency Regulation (recast): On the scope of EU group insolvency law
Abstract This article examines the general scope of application of the provisions on insolvency regarding members of a “group of companies”, as included in Chapter V of the European Insolvency Regulation (recast) (“Recast EIR”), in order to review whether that scope is appropriate to deal with the different group structures in which business may be conducted.
The Dutch Scheme: A Valuable Addition to Cross-Border Restructuring Toolbox | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
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