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CFTC Charges Two Binary Options Firms with Fraud, Illegal Off-Exchange Activity, and Operating in an Unregistered Capacity
March 16th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal district court has unsealed a civil Complaint that the CFTC filed with the Northern District of Illinois on February 2, 2016, against two foreign web-based binary options ...
Deloitte LLP formed a new legal business
March 15th, 2016
Deloitte LLP (Deloitte) today announced the formation of a new legal business in Canada called Deloitte Conduit Law LLP, which will practice in an affiliation with Deloitte. Deloitte Conduit Law LLP acquired the business of Conduit Law. The newly ...
Legal case: Liver Failure caused by Pfizer’s antibiotic Zithromax
March 9th, 2016
Pfizer Italy, a subsidiary of the American Pfizer inc, is facing a defective product lawsuit in Cyprus. The claim concerns the defectiveness of the well known and very popular among pediatricians, antibiotic Zithromax. Zithromax was prescribed to a 16-year-old, ...
African legal sector receives USD 22 million in funding
March 7th, 2016
The African Development Bank has allocated USD 22 million to improve the continent’s legal expertise, assisting African countries’ access to justice when dealing with international investors. The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) has been granted USD 22 million, to ...
Innovations in Malaysia’s legal scene
March 7th, 2016
With most everyone plugged into the Internet these days, it was only a matter of time before the legal profession climbed aboard the technological train to promote their services with the ease of a click or swipe of a ...
Online platform facilitates legal work
February 16th, 2016
A pioneering Internet platform that allows lawyers to file cases and pay legal fees online has been embraced by Shanghai’s lawyers. More than 1,300 of the city’s 1,413 law firms have used the website, passport.lawyers.org.cn, since its launch in ...
New Skype malware a threat to legal professionals
February 12th, 2016
A new malware named T9000 that mimics e-Discovery applications and targets Skype users could be a big headache for legal professionals. T9000’s characteristics are considered to make it particularly threatening to the legal industry, given legal companies’ extensive use ...
PwC Legal continues with its investment plans with new senior hires
February 11th, 2016
PwC Legal has today announced the following senior hires: David Farmer joins PwC Legal’s Pensions team this month, from DLA Piper, where he was a partner for the last three years. David has significant experience in advising employers and ...
Barclays faces £700m legal action
January 29th, 2016
Barclays has confirmed it is being sued for more than £700m by deal-maker Amanda Staveley in connection with its emergency fundraising in 2008. The Financial Times reported that Ms Staveley’s firm, PCP Capital Partners, had taken legal action against ...
Global Legal Firm expands in Africa with a new member
January 28th, 2016
DLA Piper expands in Africa with the addition of ADCA in Angola DLA Piper Africa has announced that Angolan law firm, ADCA, has become a member with effect from 1 December 2015, bringing the total number of law firms ...
