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Date set for FIFA corruption probe Trial
September 21st, 2016
Several defendants charged in a wide-ranging corruption case involving soccer’s global governing body FIFA are in talks with U.S. officials about possibly pleading guilty, a U.S. prosecutor said on Monday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Evan Norris spoke at a hearing ...
Hewlett Packard successor firm launches first panel review
September 13th, 2016
HP Inc, the largest successor company of Hewlett Packard, has launched a global law firm panel review. HP Inc sent a 17-page request for proposal (RFP) document to law firms over the summer. The review of its legal advice ...
China’s elite law firms moving from strength to strength
September 12th, 2016
China’s legal market is defying a slackened economy, with turnover on the up at most of the country’s elite law firms. The latest revenue ranking of Chinese law firms fromThe American Lawyer has shown that China’s biggest firms are continuing ...
An online legal document provider is expanding into Europe
September 8th, 2016
An online legal document provider is expanding into mainland Europe after persuading more than 200,000 people in the UK to sign up for the service. US-based Rocket Lawyer, which founded four years ago in the UK, will launch in ...
Four in ten senior associates regret choosing a career in law
September 7th, 2016
If you had your time again, would you still choose to become a lawyer? This was the question put to respondents in industry publication The Lawyer’s most recent Salary Survey. While around 60 per cent of bright-eyed trainees had no ...
Brazilian Police Launch Investigation Into Alleged Fraud at Pension Funds
September 6th, 2016
Brazilian police on Monday said they launched an investigation into alleged fraud of as much as 8 billion reais ($2.5 billion) at the country’s four largest pension funds, all of which are linked to state-controlled companies. Judge Vallisney de ...
Hanjin takes legal steps to prevent ship seizures as more vessels blocked
September 5th, 2016
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 wake of its collapse. As of Monday, 79 Hanjin ships ...
Why the EU says Apple must pay Ireland $14.5 billion in tax
September 1st, 2016
The European Commission (EC) ordered Apple Inc. to pay Ireland unpaid taxes of up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) on Tuesday as it ruled the firm had received illegal state aid. What is the EC alleging? The European ...
Taiwan to toughen anti-money laundering law after US fine
August 25th, 2016
Taiwan moved Thursday (Aug 25) to toughen its anti-money laundering law after US authorities fined a local bank linked to the so-called Panama Papers scandal. Last week, American regulators fined Taiwan’s Mega International Commercial Bank US$180 million for showing ...
International law firm announced association in Saudi Arabia
August 24th, 2016
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that it has entered into an association with the newly established Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm (AS&H) in Saudi Arabia. The association will commence operations later this year. It will replace ...
