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25,000 join Europe class action lawsuit against Facebook
August 7th, 2014
An Austrian waging a battle against Facebook’s privacy policies said that 25,000 users of the social networking giant have signed on to his class action lawsuit. The suit, filed by lawyer Max Schrems, claims a symbolic US $ 660 ...
Lawyers trained to help deal with transnational cases
July 23rd, 2014
More training will be offered to law firms and lawyers specializing in cross-border lawsuits to expand their presence in an area dominated by foreign competitors, a senior official from the Justice Ministry said. By next year, the All-China Lawyers ...
Australia accused of breaking law after returning asylum seekers to Sri Lanka
July 8th, 2014
Australia has been accused of breaking international law and violating the refugee convention after returning a group of 41 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who attempted to reach the country by boat directly into the hands of the Sri Lankan ...
When Spanish firms use tax havens
June 2nd, 2014
Almost all of the 35 companies listed on the Spanish stock exchange use tax havens, according to a report from Observatorio RSC, an organisation that monitors corporate social responsibility. The figures, based on company reports for 2012, show a ...
Hong Kong court rejects EY’s case that China law protects mainland audit papers
May 23rd, 2014
A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected auditor EY’s contention that Chinese law prohibits the mainland partner of the firm previously known as Ernst & Young from passing on documents related to a former China client. The ruling, the ...
Simmons and HSF join list of firms eyeing ventures in Shanghai Free Trade Zone
May 22nd, 2014
Simmons & Simmons and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are the latest UK law firms to have expressed an interest in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ) after recent reports that the scheme would allow tie-ups between international and PRC ...
The deep freeze – how are the Russia and Ukraine sanctions affecting offshore law firms?
April 29th, 2014
With the impact of EU and US sanctions on Russia and Ukraine stretching far beyond the individuals targeted, Caroline Thorpe examines the effect on offshore jurisdictions, and how law firms are dealing with the pitfalls and opportunities of this ...
Goldman, Client Trade Lawsuits Over Singapore Stock Rout
April 14th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Lynne Ng Su Ling, an independent director at LionGold Corp., traded lawsuits in London over payment demands after shares owned by Ng and held by the bank as debt collateral plunged in an ...
Regulators suggest firms take deep dive into audit quality
April 11th, 2014
While acknowledging that auditors are under unprecedented scrutiny, an international association of audit regulators is asking audit firms to analyze causes of problems in audits globally in hopes of finding remedies. Lewis Ferguson, chair of the International Forum of ...
SEC Goldman Lawyer Says Agency Too Timid on Wall Street Misdeeds
April 9th, 2014
A trial attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission said his bosses were too “tentative and fearful” to bring many Wall Street leaders to heel after the 2008 credit crisis, echoing the regulator’s outside critics. James Kidney, who joined ...
