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Billionaire Named in Suit Against Anti-Iran Group
August 19th, 2014
A billionaire Wall Street commodities investor has been drawn into a court fight against one of the nation’s most influential anti-Iran advocacy groups. The fight stems from a defamation lawsuit by Victor Restis, a Greek businessman whom the group, ...
Anti-Terrorism Trial of Mideast Bank Worries the Financial World
August 14th, 2014
The judge called it the Beirut account. It was a basic bank account at Arab Bank’s Al-Mazra branch in Beirut, Lebanon, unremarkable except for the name on the account: Osama Hamdan, a spokesman for the terrorist group Hamas. The ...
JP Morgan Chase retail counsel leaves bank
August 12th, 2014
Matthew Biben, JPMorgan Chase & Co’s retail-banking general counsel, has left the bank in an overall three years of service. The position was filled by his replacement, Jill Centella, global head of litigation and acting consumer and community. Biben ...
SRA approves first council ABS licence
August 8th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has granted a first alternative business structure licence to a local authority. Buckinghamshire Law Plus Limited will be licensed to undertake litigation and probate services, among other reserved activities. The entity, which has been planned ...
Chinese banks get serious – risk of bad debts swell
August 8th, 2014
Chinese banks are scrambling to get on top of bad debts they have downplayed for years, cutting off riskier borrowers and further tightening lending terms. China’s banks keep reporting bad loan levels well below what most analysts consider realistic, ...
Wylys Call SEC $750 Million Trial Demand a Miscalculation
August 7th, 2014
The lawyer for Samuel Wyly and the estate of Charles Wyly told a judge they shouldn’t have to pay regulators as much as $750 million after being found liable for using a web of offshore trusts to hide stock ...
JPMorgan’s Top Retail Banking Lawyer Biben Said to Depart
August 5th, 2014
Matthew Biben, general counsel for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM:US)’s retail-banking operations, has left after three years at the firm, a person with knowledge of the move said. Jill Centella, global litigation head for the New York-based lender, was ...
Tokyo Police to launch Investigation into Missing Mt. Gox Bitcoin
August 4th, 2014
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has launched an official investigation into possible illicit activity surrounding the closure of Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. The news comes roughly five months after the bitcoin exchange reported it lost roughly 744,400 BTC ...
SEC Seeks $1.41 Billion from Wyly Brothers For Fraud
August 4th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking damages totaling $1.41 billion from Texas tycoon Sam Wyly and the estate of his late brother Charles for their role in a plan to conceal trades in companies they controlled by using ...
Simmons enters South Africa with Fasken Martineau alliance
August 1st, 2014
Simmons & Simmons has gained a South African presence by allying with Canadian firm Fasken Martineau’s recently-acquired Johannesburg operation. Fasken Martineau merged with the 76-lawyer Johannesburg-based Bell Dewar in February 2013, which brought in expertise in mining, infrastructure, energy, ...
