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Banks Finalize $1.86 Billion Credit-Swaps Settlement
October 2nd, 2015
Suit claimed banks conspired to prevent competition Wall Street’s biggest banks have agreed to pay $1.86 billion to settle accusations that they conspired to prevent competition in the credit-derivatives markets, according to plaintiff lawyers in the private lawsuit. Twelve ...
Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android
September 28th, 2015
New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether the tech giant stifled competitors’ access to its ...
DIFC reports impressive growth in first half of 2015
September 9th, 2015
Total number of registered companies up 8.3% to 1,327 140 new licensed companies and a combined workforce of 18,521 178,376 sq. ft. of net commercial office space leased in 2015 Ground-breaking of 11th office building in The Gate District ...
Bad loans haunt Greek banks seeking new start
September 8th, 2015
Turned down for a 10,000 euro ($11,100) loan, George Sarris is one of hundreds of thousands of small business owners shunned by Greek banks. Pointing to the parliament building overlooking his small cafe in Athens’ Syntagma Square, the 35-year-old ...
Dechert enters Saudi Arabia with Hassan Mahassni association as Shearman opens in Dubai
September 3rd, 2015
After Saudi Arabia‘s liberalisation of its capital markets, Dechert has established a presence in the Kingdom by forming an association with the Law Firm of Hassan Mahassni. Shearman & Sterling also bolstered its presence in the Middle East with ...
Russia’s Fist Just Clenched Around the Internet a Little Tighter
September 2nd, 2015
A new Russian law imposes restrictions on foreign Internet firms. It’s a feeling locals already know all too well. Global Internet firms operating in Russia wake up on Tuesday to a new era in Kremlin regulation. A law now ...
City Legal Index suggests UK recovery may stall
August 31st, 2015
The Law Society City Legal Index for the first half of 2015, published in partnership with Legal Monitor every six months, has been released. The index tracks publicised business deals facilitated by the top 50 UK law firms and ...
Baker Tilly in the US and SF&Company Announce Merger
August 28th, 2015
Combination of accounting and advisory firms will increase Baker Tilly’s service capabilities in the Northeast region of the United States. Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) and SF&Company announced that they have agreed to merge, expanding and enhancing ...
Baker & McKenzie announces global revenues of $2.43 billion
August 25th, 2015
Revenues up 2.2% Total productivity hits an all time high – up 5% Record number of partner promotions – over 40% are women Good growth expected in Fiscal Year 2016 Baker & McKenzie, the world’s premier global law firm, ...
U.S. banks moved billions in trades beyond CFTC’s reach
August 24th, 2015
This spring, traders and analysts working deep in the global swaps markets began picking up peculiar readings: Hundreds of billions of dollars of trades by U.S. banks had seemingly vanished. “We saw strange things in the data,” said Chris ...
