Currently, DCW continues its expanded coverage of Standby Letters of Credit and Demand Guarantees, Trade Based Financial Crime Compliance, ICC opinions, FinTech, URDG 758, the ISP98 Model Forms Project, and UCP600. Each DCW issue features expert analysis of these areas. As an LC or guarantee specialist, you are sure to gain added understanding of critical elements of these trade products from a new perspective.
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PRIOR TABLES OF CONTENTS
2023
- June 2023 - Celestial Aviation Case - SBLCs and Russian Sanctions
- May 2023 - Fraud: Losses, Losers, and LOIs
- April 2023 - US UCC Article 5 Around the World
- March 2023 - Originality of Paper and Electronic Documents (Part 3)
- February 2023 - Leading Issues in Letters of Credit
- January 2023 - Shanghai Shipyard and the English Guarantee
2022
- November/December 2022 - Right of Recourse under Chinese Guarantee Law
- September 2022 - Modifying or Excluding URDG 758 Articles
- July/August 2022 - Korean Cases on Extend or Pay
- June 2022 - Significant LC Issues
- May 2022 - Independent Guarantees & PRC Law
- April 2022 - ICC BC Annual Meeting
- March 2022 - Crédit Agricole v. PPT Energy
- February 2022 - Originality of Documents
- January 2022 - Modifying & Excluding UCP600 Articles
2021
- November/December 2021 - When is a Guarantee Issued?
- October 2021 - ICC Banking Commission Technical Meeting
- September 2021 - PRC Independent Guarantee Provisions in Court
- July/Aug 2021 - Annual LC Survey Executive Summary
- June 2021 - Demand Guarantees
- May 2021 - LC Practice & Customer Service.
- April 2021- ICC Annual Meeting
- March 2021 - China Counter Guarantee Case
- February 2021 - Financial Crimes Enforcement
- January 2021 - Significant LC Issues
2020
- Nov/Dec 2020 - ICC Banking Commission Technical Meeting
- October 2020 - Maritime Sanctions Screening
- September 2020 - ISP98 Model Forms
- Jul/Aug 2020 - Supersedeas LCs
- June 2020 - INCOTERMS 2020 and Letters of Credit
- May 2020 - Covid19's Obtrusion of Paper
- April 2020 - Covid 19 Impact on Transactions
- March 2020 - Coronavirus and LC Practice
- February 2020 - INCOTERMS Application Problems
- January 2020 - China's Belt and Road Initiative
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & POLLS
Barnes & Byrne -- 2018 Business Lawyer Article -- Mar 2019 DCW 18
Invoices as Required Documents under Standbys (Jul/Aug 2018)
Can US Banks Issue Guarantees - Vin Maulella 2002
Revisiting the Origins & Reasons for Discrepancy Fees - Vin Maulella 2014
Should Reference to Standbys Remain in UCP - Vin Maulella 2004
Southeast Asia's War on Expiry (Oct 2017)
Responses to Specific ISBP 2013-Provisions (Jul/Aug 2014)
Additional Comments Regarding ISBP 2013 (Jul/Aug 2014)
Newly decided lc & guarantee cases
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