Interesting article by Zachary R. Mider about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who signed a bill aimed at preventing predatory lenders from using the state’s court system to seize the assets of small businesses nationwide.  Read the article here.

Canada’s highest court will soon have an opportunity to clarify the law on litigation funding. Find out more by following this link.

Effective for accounting periods starting January 1, 2019, International Financial Reporting Standards 16 (IFRS 16) has replaced International Accounting Standards 17 (IAS 17) as the accounting standard for leases for all Canadian entities reporting under IFRS.

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Darren Gold, VP at UnitedLex Corp., wrote an interesting article about the London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) which is used all over the world as the reference for a great number of loan contracts.  The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority recently declared that it would no longer require banks to submit the data that enabled LIBOR to be calculated after the beginning of 2021.

Although there will be alternatives such as Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) in the USA and Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) in the UK, this change does come with significant uncertainty and we must wonder what this will mean for current contracts and how they will be dealt with in the future.

Replacing LIBOR – Are you Thinking About This $200 Trillion Dollar Problem With Your Contracts?