This highly anticipated event will draw industry leaders, members of the diplomatic corps, Congressional staff, and members of the press, among others, for a half day of panel discussions highlighting significant global developments in the energy industry.

Featured Speakers

• Clinton A. Vince, Dentons

• Doyle Beneby, CEO, CPS Energy

• Rick Smead, Navigant

• Amy Harder, National Journal

• Honourable Brian V. Tobin, P.C., O.C., Vice Chair, Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets

• Todd Williams, Navigant

• Janet Holder, Executive Vice President, Western Access, Enbridge Inc.

• David J. Manning, Alberta Representative to the United States

• Ian Smyth, Navigant

• Dr. Georg Maue, First Secretary of Climate and Energy Policy, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

• Arkadiusz Krasnodębski, Dentons

• Helen Guedalla, Head of Energy, Environment and Resource Security, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

Key Contact

Louis Milicich
Counsel, Chicago

June 26, 2013

Join Polish government representatives including former US Ambassador to Poland Lee Feistein, Polish business leaders, representatives of Chicago businesses operating in Poland, local officials and Dentons lawyers from our Warsaw, Chicago and other offices.

Authors

Christopher G. Janney
Partner, Washington, DC

D. McCarty (Mac) Thornton
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC

Gadi Weinreich
Partner, Washington, DC

June 5, 2013

Pursuant to the US Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), beginning January 1, 2014, certain individuals will be permitted to purchase “qualified health plans” (“QHPs”) through state exchanges. Some of these individuals will be entitled to government-funded premium credits and cost-sharing subsidies that will be paid by the government to QHPs on behalf of eligible individuals (collectively, “subsidy payments”).

Speaker

Joe Andrew
Global Chair, Washington, DC

Moderator

Igor Ostrowski
Partner, Warsaw

May 21, 2013

Dentons Global Chair Joe Andrew delivered opening remarks to a recent Warsaw gathering of more than 70 representatives of leading businesses and government agencies in Poland.

Contrasting the role of outside stakeholders in the American and Polish legislative and rulemaking systems, Andrew’s presentation focused on what he called “the four ‘Ts’” for increasing meaningful stakeholder participation in government: timing, transparency, trust and thought leadership.  

The second in a three-part series sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland called, “US standards in law making – why it makes sense to talk”, the event featured a panel discussion moderated by Dentons Warsaw partner Igor Ostrowski and including Adam Jasser, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and Chair of the Permanent Committee of the Council of Ministers; Mariusz Haładyj, Deputy Minister of Economy, Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, former Minister of Justice and current Member of Parliament; Mirosław Barszcz, former Minister and Adviser to the Minister of Justice.

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The Court analyzes the difference for tax purposes between liabilities and embedded obligations, considers the law of contingent liabilities, the role of tax symmetry in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Act”), the role of the agreement between the parties and the role of accounting treatment in reaching the conclusion that embedded obligations are not liabilities that form part of proceeds of disposition.

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Authors

David R. Metzger
Partner, Chicago

Eric L. Sophir
Partner, Washington, DC

Dimitry Kapmar
Senior Managing Associate, Chicago

May 14, 2013

On May 10, 2013, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a highly anticipated, but in the end somewhat unfulfilling, en banc decision in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp., holding that claims for a computerized trading platform were ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, regardless of their characterization as a method, system, or computer readable medium.

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International businesses and investors are focusing unprecedented attention on Africa. We provide the legal expertise and regional insights you need to guide sound business decisions within Africa's dynamic markets, with a focus on leveraging the positive factors that attract your business to the continent.

Africa: Open for Business

According to a survey of more than 200 senior executives from companies around the world released by Dentons and AlixPartners, a global business-advisory firm, nearly a third (30%) of those doing business in Africa say the African market is as attractive as or more attractive than both Asia and Latin America, with 59% viewing the continent as strategically important to their businesses.