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Slater and Gordon plans UK closures after £493m losses

01/03/2016(0)
Australia-listed firm Slater and Gordon is planning a major programme of office closures as part of a reorganisation of the UK business after posting a huge loss. In a ... Read More
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Restoring trust in transatlantic data flows through strong safeguards: European Commission presents EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

01/03/2016(0)
The European Commission today issued the legal texts that will put in place the EU-U.S. The European Commission today issued the legal texts that will put in place the EU-U.S. ... Read More
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Apple lawyer, FBI director face off in Congress on iPhone encryption

01/03/2016(0)
  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will make their cases before a congressional panel on Tuesday regarding a court order to force the technology ... Read More
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UBS investigated for tax fraud and money laundering in Belgium

29/02/2016(0)
Swiss bank giant UBS is being investigated over money laundering and serious organised tax fraud in Belgium. A statement from prosecutors said: “The Swiss bank is suspected of having ... Read More
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Banc de Binary Reaches $11 Million Settlement with U.S. Authorities

26/02/2016(0)
Company alleged to have illegally signed up U.S. investors to binary options trading platform Banc de Binary Ltd., a financial trading company and a sponsor of Liverpool Football Club, ... Read More
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Vgenopoulos: there’s no point in Cyprus continuing to investigate me

25/02/2016(0)
There are no ongoing investigations in Greece into allegations of wrongdoing by former Laiki Bank strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos, and such investigations in Cyprus have no point, the embattled financier ... Read More
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High Court dismisses KPMG and Barclays swaps scheme

25/02/2016(0)
Britain’s biggest banks narrowly avoided a major legal challenge today, when a High Court judge dismissed a case relating to the mis-selling of rate swap products. The case could have had far-reaching ... Read More
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Apple Goes to the Supreme Court

25/02/2016(0)
The Justices should hear the e-book antitrust case. The Supreme Court may consider as early as Friday whether to take an appeal of one of the great antitrust abuses ... Read More
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EU insolvency law reform could boost growth and jobs across Europe, finds new AFME report

24/02/2016(0)
AFME has published new research showing that European insolvency law reform could boost GDP output and create jobs across Europe. Insolvency reform is a key plank of the European Commission’s ... Read More
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New international law firm launches

23/02/2016(0)
Gowling WLG, a new international law firm created by the combination of Gowlings, a leading Canadian law firm, and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG), a leading UK-based international ... Read More
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