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Suspended jail sentence for London solicitor over VAT fraud
February 18th, 2016
A London solicitor has been given a suspended jail sentence for a £96,000 VAT fraud which was uncovered by an HMRC taskforce set up to identify those attempting to avoid paying tax on property investment income Caroline Joseph, from ...
Pimco’s $12 Billion Standoff Over Austria Bad Bank
February 17th, 2016
Filings show bond funds bought distressed debt in 2014 German banks have biggest incentive to take Hypo Alpe offer As the health of banks roils markets anew, the last financial crisis is still playing out in Austria, with Pacific Investment Management ...
Online platform facilitates legal work
February 16th, 2016
A pioneering Internet platform that allows lawyers to file cases and pay legal fees online has been embraced by Shanghai’s lawyers. More than 1,300 of the city’s 1,413 law firms have used the website, passport.lawyers.org.cn, since its launch in ...
French ex-minister in court over tax fraud, money laundering
February 9th, 2016
Jerome Cahuzac was the face of France’s fight against tax evaders — until he was forced to acknowledge that he himself was dodging taxes, hiding money in tax havens around the world. President Francois Hollande’s onetime budget minister is ...
Swiss bank cooperates with US as 2 ex-bankers plead guilty
February 5th, 2016
Swiss bank Julius Baer, facing a criminal charge, has agreed to pay $547 million and cooperate for three years with American authorities to shut down accounts that enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, authorities announced Thursday. Before lawyers for ...
Deutsche Bank must face $3.1 billion lawsuit
February 4th, 2016
Deutsche Bank must face U.S. lawsuit over $3.1 billion mortgage loss Deutsche Bank AG must face a U.S. lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for causing $3.1 billion of investor losses by failing to properly monitor 10 trusts backed ...
Which country is the World’s Favorite New Tax Haven?
January 28th, 2016
The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States Moving money out of the usual offshore secrecy havens and into the U.S. is a brisk new business. Last September, at a law firm overlooking San Francisco Bay, Andrew ...
Global Legal Firm expands in Africa with a new member
January 28th, 2016
DLA Piper expands in Africa with the addition of ADCA in Angola DLA Piper Africa has announced that Angolan law firm, ADCA, has become a member with effect from 1 December 2015, bringing the total number of law firms ...
Bitcoin technology heralds ‘smart contracts’ era
January 27th, 2016
The technology behind the Bitcoin digital currency could usher in an era of ‘smart contracts’ and enable the creation of a tamper-proof Land Registry database, legal technology experts said this week in the wake of a landmark government report. ...
Osborne: India to liberalise legal services
January 25th, 2016
George Osborne today announced a raft of trade deals with his counterpart in India that include opening up the country’s legal market to foreign lawyers. The chancellor and Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley have reached a number of agreements ...
