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International law firm promotes 21 lawyers to partnership
April 11th, 2017
Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills announced today the promotion of 21 lawyers to its global partnership. The promotions take effect on 1 May, 2017. Demonstrating the firm’s commitment to investing in its global network of offices and ...
Court orders firms to disgorge ill-gotten funds in Binary Options fraud
April 7th, 2017
Federal Court Orders Relief Defendants Westward International Ltd. and Coucarin Holdings Ltd. to Disgorge Ill-Gotten Funds Totaling More than $1.77 Million in CFTC Binary Options Fraud Action The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge James ...
A redaction error just revealed the other Uber employee facing legal action from Google
April 4th, 2017
Uber had tried to keep the name of Lior Ron out of the spotlight in its case against Waymo. However, an error in court redactions revealed that Otto cofounder Lior Ron was the second employee facing legal action in ...
Citibank refunds $5 million in credit card international transaction fees
March 31st, 2017
Citigroup Pty Limited (Citibank) has refunded approximately $5 million to around 230,000 customers, for failing to properly disclose that credit card international transaction fees apply to Australian dollar transactions where the merchant uses an entity based overseas to process ...
Why mobile shopping clicks in UAE
March 30th, 2017
Samina Subhani had been trying for months to locate a very special item for her two children. Both her son and daughter are avid Star Wars fans and had their heart set on owning a pair of replica lightsabers ...
FINRA and Exchanges charge Lek Securities and CEO Samuel F. Lek
March 28th, 2017
FINRA and Exchanges Charge Lek Securities and CEO Samuel F. Lek with Aiding and Abetting Securities Fraud Charges Also Include Market Access Rule, Supervisory and Other Violations The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, along with the New York Stock Exchange; ...
US grassroots coalition calls for end to FATCA
March 27th, 2017
A coalition of 23 US taxpayer protection and grassroots organisations is campaigning for the repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), labelling the regulations ‘unacceptable and un-American’ on the grounds they fail to tackle tax avoidance by ...
Euronext launches a new thematic Index
March 24th, 2017
Euronext and Vigeo Eiris today launched the CAC 40® Governance Index, a thematic index that rates companies in the Paris market’s benchmark CAC 40 index on their corporate governance performance. The CAC 40® Governance Index takes the constituent stocks ...
Company and its owner ordered to pay $6.5 Million penalty in Binary Options fraud case
March 22nd, 2017
Federal Court in Florida Orders Neil Pecker and His Company, Vision Financial Partners, LLC, to Pay More than $6.5 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty in CFTC Binary Options Fraud Action Relief Defendants Prometheus Enterprises, Inc. and ...
The euro gained against the dollar on Tuesday
March 21st, 2017
Euro hits 6-week high against dollar after French presidential debate The euro gained against the dollar on Tuesday, with analysts attributing the rally to centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron performing well in France’s first televised presidential debate. The shared currency ...
