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Virginia Governor facing corruption trial
August 1st, 2014
Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia and his wife, Maureen, engaged in a corruption trial, described on Thursday a private meeting at which he and Mr. McDonnell had discussed ways to secretly transfer $50,000 to the governor. The witness, Jonnie ...
Aussie legal market sees slight rise in confidence but pay rises limited
August 1st, 2014
A slight rise in business confidence and commercial activity in Australia looks set to thaw out pay freezes and potentially help stem the flow of partner exits that were the mark of the 2013/14 financial year. A study from ...
HMRC’s plan for debt recovery plan
July 31st, 2014
The Law Society has joined the chorus of opposition to government plans to allow HM Revenue & Customs direct access to tax defaulters’ bank accounts. In its response to HMRC’s call for evidence on new powers for direct recovery ...
Large UK law firms ‘more effective’ at social media than US counterparts
July 31st, 2014
DLA Piper, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance rank highest overall in the UK Social Law Firm Index Large UK law firms have a significantly more effective presence on social media than similarly-sized US firms. That’s according to The ...
CFTC Says Flexibility essential to Oversee Cross-Border Swaps
July 31st, 2014
U.S. regulators need flexibility in overseeing cross-border swaps, a lawyer for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission told a federal judge as he defended the agency’s reliance on guidance rather than formal rules in a lawsuit brought by Wall Street’s ...
Bank of America Hit With $1.3 Billion Penalty for Mortgage Fraud
July 31st, 2014
Bank of America was hit with almost $1.3 billion in civil penalties Wednesday for a housing meltdown scam run by a subsidiary that a jury found intentionally sold bad mortgages to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Bank of America ...
Deutsche Bank, Fitschen Try to Avoid Ackermann Juggling
July 30th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) Co-Chief Executive Officer Juergen Fitschen is seeking to keep prosecutors from filing charges against him. If he fails, he may have to juggle his duties with his defense as his predecessor did a decade ago. ...
Prosecutors, defense spar over $150 billion forfeiture for Madoff aides
July 30th, 2014
Four months after five former Bernard Madoff aides were convicted of helping conceal his massive Ponzi scheme, their lawyers and U.S. prosecutors are still fighting over the trial’s key question: What did they know, and when did they know ...
Argentine’s debt must be paid to holdouts
July 29th, 2014
Argentina’s battle in courts for over a dozen of years against the claims of holdout investors in its defaulted debt, did not turn out positively. The holdouts, led by Paul Singer’s Elliott Capital Management and Mark Brodsky’s Aurelius Capital ...
Banks Cash In on Mergers Intended to avoid Taxes
July 29th, 2014
Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, recently said, “I love America.” Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, wrote an opinion article saying, “Investing in America still produces the best return.” Yet guess who’s behind the ...
