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EU Commission to take legal action against U.S. plans for border tax
February 15th, 2017
The European Commission says it is prepared to take legal action against US plans to impose a border tax. “If somebody is behaving against our interests or against international rules in trade then we have our own mechanisms to ...
SEC is freezing brokerage accounts holding more than $29 million in illegal profits
February 13th, 2017
SEC Charges Chinese Citizens Who Reaped Massive Profits From Insider Trading on Comcast-Dreamworks Acquisition Obtains Court Order Freezing More Than $29 Million in U.S. Accounts The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it obtained an emergency court order freezing brokerage ...
The Law Society UK reports on technological innovation in Legal services
February 8th, 2017
The independent professional body for solicitors in UK, The Law Society, has published the research report “Capturing Technological Innovation in Legal Services”. Unprecedented technological change offers solicitors exciting opportunities to innovate in ways that benefit clients, technological innovators and ...
An AI Law Firm Wants to ‘Automate the Entire Legal World’
February 6th, 2017
AN AI LAWYER Whether it’s a new employment contract, a rental contract, or sale contract, it needs to be checked before signing. Everyone knows the struggle of working through the dreaded small print, searching for pitfalls hidden in the tiniest details, ...
Fresh legal challenge over Brexit goes to the High Court
February 3rd, 2017
It is being brought by a group of campaigners who want a “soft Brexit” and to keep Britain in the European single market. They include Peter Wilding, chairman of the pro-Europe pressure group British Influence, who is credited with ...
Is Trump’s immigration order legal?
February 2nd, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may have offered the most prescient reaction to President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending refugee resettlement and blocking individuals from seven majority-Muslim nations from entering the United States. “It’s going to be decided in ...
Multinational law firm launches alternative legal services platform
February 1st, 2017
Fieldfisher launches multi-product ALS platform with initial focus on the derivatives and securities financing markets. The European law firm Fieldfisher launches Condor Alternative Legal Solutions (Condor) – a multi-product alternative legal services platform and the brain-child of derivatives partner ...
More than 25,000 people in UK join legal action against Volkswagen
January 30th, 2017
More than 25,000 British motorists have joined legal action against car giant Volkswagen over the ‘dieselgate’ emissions scandal. Motorists take their fight to the High Court today seeking a green light to proceed with the UK’s first ‘class action’. ...
BCSC alleges former registrant and company sold securities illegally
January 26th, 2017
The Executive Director of the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a notice of hearing alleging that Prabhjot Singh Bakshi, a B.C. resident, and SBC Financial Group Inc. traded securities without being registered and illegally distributed securities. The ...
Tesco faces fresh legal challenge over accounting scandal
January 25th, 2017
Supermarket chain Tesco is facing a fresh lawsuit for damages from investors over its 2014 accounting irregularities scandal. The legal action is being pursued by Manning & Napier, with the Financial Times newspaper reporting that the US investment house ...
