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Hanjin Shipping

Hanjin takes legal steps to prevent ship seizures as more vessels blocked

05/09/2016(0)
South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping plans to take legal action in jurisdictions worldwide to prevent its vessels being seized, as more of its ships were blocked from docking at ports in the ... Read More
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Magic Circle law firm Freshfields to defend Apple in EU tax battle

02/09/2016(0)
Magic Circle heavyweight Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has secured the mandate to defend Apple against the single largest EU tax bill in history. With the global business community still reeling ... Read More
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Cheers! Lawyers net £200m from SABMiller deal

01/09/2016(0)
Law firms will bank almost £200m from advising on the third-largest corporate takeover ever – brewer SABMiller’s £79bn acquisition by Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev. In total, the two companies ... Read More
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World leaders ousted for legal reasons

01/09/2016(0)
Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff became the latest political leader ousted for legal reasons after the Senate voted for her impeachment Wednesday. Rousseff joins a gallery of former leaders forced to ... Read More
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Financial regulators tell G20 to focus on legal gaps

31/08/2016(0)
Bank regulators are better prepared to cope with the potential failure of a major bank but more work needs to be done on the finer detail of legal agreements ... Read More
Marks & Spencer

Longstanding Marks & Spencer GC announces retirement

31/08/2016(0)
One of the longest-serving leaders in the UK in-house legal sector has decided it’s time to retire. Marks & Spencer general counsel Robert Ivens is retiring from the company ... Read More
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HSBC executive pleads not guilty to US charges in forex-related scheme

30/08/2016(0)
A senior HSBC executive pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank’s clients. ... Read More
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Facebook Plan For WhatsApp Data Poses Legal Risks

29/08/2016(0)
When WhatsApp announced on Thursday that it would start sharing data with its corporate parent, Facebook, some of its fans howled that the popular messaging service was betraying long-held promises ... Read More
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Multinational Law Firm predicts A$1 Billion Loss; largest financial loss ever recorded in legal sector

29/08/2016(0)
Slater and Gordon Limited (“Slater and Gordon”) (ASX: SGH) today provides an update on key earnings and balance sheet expectations for the financial year ended 30 June 2016. Total ... Read More
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Fake law firm used Craigslist to find real lawyers to do their work

26/08/2016(1)
A fake law firm reportedly used Craigslist to find real lawyers to do their work while reeling in hundreds of clients who were near being foreclosed from their homes. ... Read More
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