DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, standby LCs, demand guarantees, and other trade
This month, we sort through some of the big questions shaping LC practice today. Is it time to rewrite UCP
Following his writing in the past two editions of DCW, Robert Parson examines legal developments on sanctions and sanctions clauses that have arisen in courts recently and implications for LC practice.
Key takeaways from the US Treasury Report on money laundering risks and threats.
The US Department of the Treasury released on 7 February 2024 a trio of documents detailing its 2024 National Risk Assessments in the areas of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financing.
Among the more interesting themes emanating from Treasury’s 108-page report on Money Laundering, Sarah Beth Felix, CEO & Founder of Palmera Consulting, identified the following:
Following his writing in the past two editions of DCW, Robert Parson examines legal developments on sanctions and sanctions clauses that have arisen in courts recently and implications for LC practice.
In the fifth instalment of his DCW article series on major contemporary issues surrounding documentary credit practice, ICC Banking Commission Senior Technical Advisor Dave Meynell offers his thoughts on the highly-charged question: Is it time for UCP to be revised?
Beyond questions on the rule of strict construction of LC terms, the In re Spiegel case should engender a discussion of the requirements of UCP vs. ISP on what certified means with respect to a government or court-issued document.
Continuing an annual survey written by top legal experts each year since 1992, Carter Klein examines the most significant letter of credit issues emerging from cases decided in 2023.
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