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Corporate law clients prefer in-house work
September 23rd, 2014
It is hard times for Big Law which is the business of providing legal services via independent professional partnerships. The examples of well-known brands such as Patton Boggs of surviving on their own or the collapse of partnerships such ...
Top Chinese law firm Commerce &Finance “open” to global alliance
September 22nd, 2014
Commerce & Finance (C&F), one of the leading ‘red circle’ firms in China, has signalled that it would consider the idea of a global alliance seriously. C&F managing partner Li Hongji told The Lawyer: “Previously, the firm was resentful ...
HSBC settles a $550 Million lawsuit
September 15th, 2014
HSBC has agreed to pay $550 million for a lawsuit filed in 2011 by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the federal regulator that oversees the government’s two mortgage finance companies, over troubled mortgage-backed securities sold in the lead-up to ...
SRA silent over ‘fake’ bank law firm probe
September 15th, 2014
Regulator makes no comment on letter-writing practice despite stern warning in july. The Solicitors Regulation Authority has received complaints about individual in-house solicitors accused of involvement in sending letters purporting to be from independent law firms, as more banks ...
US lawmakers cautious about cash method of accounting
September 12th, 2014
Switching to accrual accounting would be severely damaging to businesses, US lawmakers have warned in a letter calling for the preservation of the cash method of accounting. The letter, signed by a bipartisan majority of the US House of ...
PwC to face U.S. lawsuit over Colonial Bank collapse
September 11th, 2014
Accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Crowe Horwath must face a lawsuit accusing them of professional malpractice and breach of contract for not catching a fraud that led to the 2009 collapse of Colonial Bank, a federal judge has ruled. Filed ...
Top Scottish firms break recession spell with £438.2m combined turnover
September 8th, 2014
Scotland’s top independent firms have pulled out of the recession in earnest in 2013/14, with the top 20 turning over a combined revenue of £438.2m, a rise of 8 per cent on £406.9m the previous year. Brodies and Burness ...
China fines 12 Japanese firms $201 million for price manipulation
August 20th, 2014
China’s anti-monopoly regulator said on Wednesday it has ordered 12 Japanese auto part and bearings makers to pay fines totaling 1.24 billion yuan ($201.80 million) for manipulating prices. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, Denso Corp and Mitsubishi Electric Corp are ...
CySec warning against unauthorised firms
August 13th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) wishes to inform the investors that the companies ‘Chelestra Ltd’ (https://www.lbinary.com) and ‘T.B.S.F. Best Strategy Finance Ltd’ (https://www.regaloptions.com): 1. Are not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in the Republic, pursuant ...
China antitrust probes hit concerns over European firms
August 13th, 2014
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China on Wednesday expressed concern over a recent series of antitrust investigations, saying China was using strong-arm tactics and appeared to be unfairly targeting foreign firms. An array of industries have been ...
