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EU says Starbucks’ Dutch tax deal may be illegal
November 14th, 2014
A deal between Starbucks Corp’s (SBUX.O) and Dutch authorities may be illegal state aid as it allows the world’s biggest coffee chain to make payments on a lower corporate income tax base, European Union antitrust regulators said on Friday. The comments ...
SEC Seeks $329 Million From Wylys in Illegal Trading Case
November 13th, 2014
Samuel Wyly and the estate of his brother Charles should pay $329 million for using offshore accounts to hide stock holdings and engage in illegal trading, regulators argued in seeking to increase the penalty ordered by a judge. Wyly ...
BofA triples third-quarter loss due to forex legal expense
November 7th, 2014
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) tripled its third-quarter loss to $232 million, in a revision that added legal costs related to global investigations into foreign exchange trading at major banks. Regulators are investigating allegations that dealers colluded and manipulated key ...
Citigroup sets aside $600 million more to cover legal costs
October 31st, 2014
Citigroup Inc (C.N) said it was setting aside an extra $600 million to cover legal expenses in the third quarter due to “rapidly evolving regulatory inquiries,” while also disclosing that it was subject to foreign exchange market probes. Citigroup ...
Deutsche Bank swings to €92m loss on legal costs
October 29th, 2014
Deutsche Bank swung to a loss in the third quarter because of higher legal costs to settle investigations. Germany’s largest lender posted a net loss of €92m ($117m; £72.6m) in the three months to September, compared to a profit ...
Initiative promises legal advice for those without lawyers in courts
October 23rd, 2014
A network of in-court advice centres providing support for unrepresented litigants in civil and family law cases is to be funded by the Ministry of Justice and expanded to cover the whole country. There has been a surge in ...
JPMorgan’s profit misses; posts unexpected $1 billion legal expense
October 15th, 2014
JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) reported lower-than-estimated third-quarter profit on Tuesday as unexpected legal expenses of $1 billion caught analysts off guard and offset strength in its capital markets and lending businesses. The bulk of the costs came from ...
Deutsche Bank Legal on Potential Report of Legal Costs
October 13th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) fell in Frankfurt trading on a report that the company may have to boost provisions for legal costs by 30 percent. The shares declined as much as 1.4 percent to the lowest in more than ...
Illegal Irish corporate tax deals for Apple
September 29th, 2014
Preliminary findings of an investigation into tax deals have found Apple Inc.(AAPL.O) being accused of benefiting from illicit state aid in Ireland after striking illegal deals with Irish authorities and will have to face Brussels’ law. Details of the probe, which ...
Cities Compete to Be the Arena for Global Legal Disputes
September 12th, 2014
The 48-mile Panama Canal expansion is an engineering marvel that promises to speed up international commerce and may be a boon for global ports. It is also one that involves lots of disputes over cost overruns and construction delays, ...
