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Freshfields further strengthens its Japan dispute resolution and employment practice with two new partner appointments
May 5th, 2015
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is pleased to announce the promotion of Akiko Yamakawa and Nicholas Lingard to partners of the firm, effective 1 May 2015. Akiko has been a member of Freshfields’ Tokyo office since 2000 and is well-known in ...
Nasdaq to settle Facebook IPO lawsuit for $26.5 million
April 27th, 2015
In a first for a U.S. stock exchange, Nasdaq OMX Group on Thursday agreed to pay $26.5 million (17.60 million pounds) to settle a class-action lawsuit involving its bungling of Facebook Inc’s $16 billion initial public offering, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said. ...
11 Signs That We Are Entering The Next Phase Of The Global Economic Crisis
April 24th, 2015
Well, the Nasdaq finally did it. It has climbed all the way back to where it was at the peak of the dotcom bubble. Back in March 2000, the Nasdaq set an all-time record high of 5,048.62. On Thursday, ...
Chinese lawmakers protect retail investors
April 24th, 2015
Chinese lawmakers called for better protection for retail investors in the stock market while discussing an amendment to the Securities Law on Wednesday. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) is weighing a revision requiring a more ...
Central Bank of Germany issued April Monthly Report
April 22nd, 2015
Structural developments in the German banking sector The financial and sovereign debt crisis which has afflicted the euro area for more than seven years now has clearly left a mark on the financial market, having forced monetary policymakers to ...
PwC achieves five star rating
April 20th, 2015
PwC has issued an announcement to inform that: PwC achieves five star rating in Business in the Community’s Corporate Responsibility Index – the only professional services firm to do so. Professional services firm PwC has achieved the highest possible ...
Ernst & Young settles with N.Y. for $10 million over Lehman auditing
April 16th, 2015
Ernst & Young LLP will pay $10 million to settle a New York lawsuit accusing the accounting firm of helping Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc deceive investors in the years leading up to its 2008 collapse, the New York attorney ...
Huge Trouble Is Percolating Just Under The Surface Of The Global Economy
April 16th, 2015
Did you know that the number of publicly traded companies declaring bankruptcy has reached a five year high? And did you know that Chinese exports are absolutely collapsing and that Chinese economic growth in 2014 was the weakest in ...
EU’s Energy Chief on the Hunt for Non-Russian Gas
April 15th, 2015
EU officials are holding talks with a range of non-Russian suppliers and one day could buy gas from Iran, Europe’s climate and energy chief has said, setting aside a Gazprom warning that Europe should not block its gas strategy. Russia’s Gazprom on Monday said blocking its ...
First US law firm to be licensed as ABS in UK
April 13th, 2015
The US firm has made its first UK hire and is going down the alternative business structure route. US law fim Cahill Gordon & Reindel has become the first US firm to be licensed as an Alternative Business Structure ...
