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Optical technology maker Nikon initiates patents’ global legal actions
April 26th, 2017
Nikon Initiates Global Legal Actions Against ASML and Carl Zeiss to Protect Patented Semiconductor Lithography Technology Nikon Corporation (“Nikon”) today initiated a series of legal actions in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan intended to halt infringement of its intellectual ...
Investment Bank VP charged With insider trading
April 25th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a vice president in the risk management department of a New York-based investment bank with insider trading on confidential information he learned in advance of a private equity firm’s acquisition of a ...
Italian judge banned Uber from Italy
April 14th, 2017
The ride-hailing company Uber is no stranger to controversy and regulatory issues. The latest of these roadblocks now comes from Italy, as the European country decided on April 7 to ban Uber’s service nationwide. The ban came as a ...
Luxleaks whistleblower to contest appeal sentence
April 12th, 2017
The man who revealed the Luxleaks scandal, Antoine Deltour, has said he will contest the sentence handed to him last month at the Court of Appeal in Luxembourg. “I don’t think this decision is characteristic of a fair decision ...
27 Firms and Individuals Charged With Fraudulent Promotion of Stocks
April 11th, 2017
SEC: Payments for Bullish Articles on Stocks Must Be Disclosed to Investors The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they ...
Two former Barclays employees acquitted in Libor trial
April 7th, 2017
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has issued a press release to inform in relation to the last decision coming from the Southwark Crown Court in Libor trial. According the release: Stylianos Contogoulas and Ryan Michael Reich were acquitted by ...
‘What, no handshake?’ Swedish company sued over job interview turned sour
April 5th, 2017
Sweden’s discrimination ombudsman (DO) has sued a company for calling off a woman’s job interview over a handshaking disagreement, the local media reported. According to the report, the woman was called to a job interview in Uppsala with a ...
More Operators Leaving Poland as Market Prepares for Tight Regulations
March 29th, 2017
Polish punters and casino players are waiting to see how the new gambling bill will shape the local market. It will go into effect on April 1 and is going to bring sweeping changes for online operators and those ...
Tesco and Serious Fraud Office near to deal over accounting scandal
March 28th, 2017
The Serious Fraud Office and Tesco are within days of announcing a settlement that could mean Britain’s biggest supermarket chain will pay a multimillion-pound fine over an accounting scandal. Under the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), Tesco would pay a ...
Amazon Just Won a $1.5 Billion Tax Fight
March 24th, 2017
Amazon.com on Thursday won a more than $1.5 billion tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over transactions involving a Luxembourg unit more than a decade ago. Judge Albert Lauber of the U.S. Tax Court rejected a variety of ...
