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Baker & McKenzie and FenXun Partners receive the first approval for a Joint Operation in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone

17/04/2015(0)
The Joint Operation provides clients of both firms with an unprecedented platform to serve their international and PRC legal needs Baker & McKenzie and FenXun Partners today became the ... Read More
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Ernst & Young settles with N.Y. for $10 million over Lehman auditing

16/04/2015(0)
Ernst & Young LLP will pay $10 million to settle a New York lawsuit accusing the accounting firm of helping Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc deceive investors in the years ... Read More
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ICO probes 173 law firms over data protection breaches

16/04/2015(0)
Dozens of law firms were investigated by the information commissioner for potential data breaches in 2014, new figures have revealed. A freedom of information request by Egress Software Technologies ... Read More
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DFSA Fines Deutsche Bank AG for Serious Breaches

16/04/2015(0)
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”), announced, that it has fined the DIFC branch of Deutsche Bank AG (“DBDIFC”), USD $8,400,000 (AED 30,849,000) for serious contraventions. Those contraventions include ... Read More
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European Commission opens Google antitrust proceedings

15/04/2015(0)
The Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Google on its comparison shopping service and has opened a separate formal investigation into Android.  The European Commission has sent ... Read More
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Clifford Chance advises on GF Securities (Hong Kong)’ IPO

15/04/2015(0)
International law firm Clifford Chance has advised a group of 26 underwriters, led by GF Securities (Hong Kong), Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BOCOM International Securities, Deutsche Bank and Merrill ... Read More
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Europe to Pull Trigger on Google Antitrust Charges

15/04/2015(0)
Case would be EU’s biggest competition battle since pursuit of Microsoft a decade ago Europe’s antitrust regulator plans to file formal charges against Google Inc.for violating antitrust laws, a person familiar ... Read More
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First US law firm to be licensed as ABS in UK

13/04/2015(0)
The US firm has made its first UK hire and is going down the alternative business structure route. US law fim Cahill Gordon & Reindel has become the first ... Read More
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HSBC under criminal investigation

10/04/2015(0)
HSBC Holdings plc was informed that it has been placed under formal criminal investigation (‘mise en examen’) by the French magistrates in connection with the conduct of HSBC’s Swiss ... Read More
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Law Firm Merger Mania: Q1 Marks Period of Supercharged Growth

09/04/2015(0)
U.S. law firm merger activity occurred at a torrid pace in the first quarter, as both the number of tie-ups, and the size of the newly combined firms, soared to unprecedented levels, according ... Read More
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