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Trio of Russian state-owned banks take EU to court over sanctions
October 29th, 2014
Three Russian major state-owned institutions – Sberbank, VTB and Vnesheconombank – have announced that they have filed lawsuits with an EU court to contest sanctions the European Union imposed on them in late July. The first to announce its ...
73 Swiss banks ask U.S. to revise proposed tax amnesty deals
October 24th, 2014
Lawyers representing 73 Swiss banks seeking to avoid a tax-evasion probe by U.S. authorities wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice raising questions over a dozen demands, including the banks’ cooperation with other nations. In the letter ...
In Turnabout, Former Regulators Assail Wall St. Watchdogs
October 23rd, 2014
When former top government officials become white-collar defense lawyers, they still wield influence when they weigh in on enforcement matters. I was attending the Securities Enforcement Forum, a gathering of top regulators and white-collar defense worthies. The marquee section ...
Private equity titans open cloistered world to smaller investors
October 21st, 2014
Seeing individual investors as untapped sources of capital, private equity firms are seeking to attract checks in the tens of thousands of dollars rather than in the hundreds of millions. For decades, David M. Rubenstein has persuaded big institutions ...
Facebook sues over ‘fraudulent lawsuit’
October 21st, 2014
Facebook is suing US law firms alleging they knowingly represented a fraudster who claimed to be owed Facebook shares, in a warning to other law firms representing anyone attempting to get a slice of Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune. The Silicon ...
Russia’s Rosneft takes EU to court over sanctions
October 20th, 2014
Russian oil giant Rosneft and a close associate of President Vladimir Putin are fighting the EU in court over sanctions imposed on some of Russia’s biggest companies, an official website indicated Friday. A Russian billionaire, Arkady Rotenberg, who is ...
Three more directors suspended as Tesco scandal inquiry continues
October 15th, 2014
Three more Tesco directors were suspended yesterday as part of the £250m accountancy scandal at the UK’s biggest supermarket. Dan Jago, director of beers and wines, William Linnane, director of impulse purchases, and Sean McCurley, director of convenience, were ...
Ex-UBS Banker Tax Trial Rides on Underling’s Credibility
October 14th, 2014
Raoul Weil, once the head of UBS AG ’s global wealth management business, faces a criminal trial that may turn on the credibility of a former subordinate who says he and Weil helped Americans evade taxes. Jury selection is ...
Are Internal Bribery Probes Private?
October 13th, 2014
To tackle corporate bribery, the U.S. Department of Justice is increasingly relying on companies to turn over their own bad apples. But one former chief executive is trying to turn the tables, arguing that he should be able to ...
Apple given time to block info in GT bankruptcy case
October 10th, 2014
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will have at least three days to review and potentially move to bar any information about its relationship with GT Advanced Technologies Inc (GTAT.O) that may arise during the latter’s bankruptcy hearings, the court said in ...
