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Bank of Cyprus to apply for a listing on the London Stock Exchange
November 16th, 2016
Bank of Cyprus to apply for a listing on the London Stock Exchange and the Cyprus Stock Exchange using a Holding Company structure Commenting on the London listing, Dr. Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited (the “Bank” ...
Asian Shares Gain as FBI Clears Clinton
November 7th, 2016
Equity markets rallied, a sign that investors believe a victory for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is now more likely Tuesday Asian share markets were broadly higher Monday, with the dollar surging after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation stood ...
Global Stocks sink to lowest since July on Election Turnoil
November 4th, 2016
Global share prices retreated to their lowest levels since early July on Friday after two weeks of relentless losses dominated by uncertainty about the outcome of the U.S. presidential election and, as of Thursday, Britain’s path out of the ...
Airbnb may settle a lawsuit against New York state regarding a new law
November 2nd, 2016
Airbnb Inc. is in talks with New York officials about potentially settling a lawsuit the company filed last month against the state and city governments. The company is challenging a new law that punishes people renting their homes. But ...
USA based International Law Firm opens Taiwan Office
November 2nd, 2016
Duane Morris LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)—Duane Morris & Selvam Taiwan, a foreign legal affairs law firm—after securing approval from the Ministry of Justice. Through its new presence in ...
Tesco hit with £100m lawsuit over accounting scandal
November 1st, 2016
More than 125 large investment funds have filed a £100 million-plus legal claim against Tesco over the 2014 accounting scandal which saw its profits inflated by £326m. Bentham Europe, the London-based litigation firm fronting the claim, said that institutional ...
Robot judges: Artificial Intelligence predicts judicial outcomes
October 27th, 2016
Advances in artificial intelligence have some envisioning a future in which machines could be entrusted to dispense justice. While the idea of robot judges may never move beyond science fiction, computer scientists are getting better at using algorithms to predict judicial ...
Foreign investors sue Toshiba over accounting scandal
October 13th, 2016
Toshiba sued by a group of investors for accounting damages Latest lawsuit seeking the largest amount of money Toshiba has 15 other lawsuit from other investors Toshiba Corp on Thursday said a group of investors had sued the company ...
CMS, Nabarro and Olswang combine to create 6th largest law firm in the UK and 6th largest globally
October 11th, 2016
The Partners of CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to combine their firms and create a new City powerhouse that will become the world’s sixth largest law firm by lawyer headcount (1) ...
Former BlackRock fund manager charged with insider dealing in UK
September 29th, 2016
Mark Lyttleton, a former fund manager at the UK division of asset manager BlackRock Inc , has been charged with insider dealing by Britain’s markets regulator. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday it had charged 45-year-old Lyttleton ...