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Tax fraud in Catalonia advances talks
July 28th, 2014
Jordi Pujol, the patriarch of Catalan politics, has admitted conducting tax fraud by hiding money offshore. Mr. Pujol, 84, founded Catalonia’s governing party, Convergence, and was its leader from 1980 to 2003. During that period, he acted as a ...
Russia is ordered to pay $50 billion in Yukos case
July 28th, 2014
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague will announce that Russia has to pay $50 billion to ex-shareholders for the defunct oil company Yukos, according to the Russian business daily Kommersant as cited on its website, referring to ...
Research: Trends & Conclusions
July 23rd, 2014
The insolvency and restructuring business remains slow-moving thanks to the improving economy and low interest rates. Lawyers note increased competition and a fight for the limited work available. But this period may soon be at an end as the ...
Lawyers trained to help deal with transnational cases
July 23rd, 2014
More training will be offered to law firms and lawyers specializing in cross-border lawsuits to expand their presence in an area dominated by foreign competitors, a senior official from the Justice Ministry said. By next year, the All-China Lawyers ...
Argentina asks U.S. judge to put debt payment order on hold
July 22nd, 2014
Argentina asked a U.S. judge on Monday to put on hold an order requiring it to pay bondholders who did not participate in debt restructurings following the country’s 2002 default, while it seeks a “global resolution.” Ahead of a ...
BitXatm to Launch 1,000 Bitcoin ATMs in US
July 21st, 2014
Germany-based digital currency bitcoin ATM and point-of-sale (POS) solution provider BitXatm has announced a new partnership that will find the company shipping 1,000 units to the US in a bid to build the country’s largest bitcoin ATM network. For ...
Fedex faces criminal charges over online pharmacies
July 18th, 2014
FedEx Corp was indicted on Thursday for shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies despite repeated warnings from U.S. drug enforcement officials, according to a court filing. The 15-count indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, ...
LVMH and eBay settle litigation over fake goods
July 17th, 2014
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and eBay Inc have settled a long-running court battle over the sale of counterfeit luxury goods on the U.S. company’s online auction website. The companies are implementing cooperative measures aimed at protecting intellectual property ...
MP Andrew Mitchell invested in scheme HMRC says avoided tax
July 17th, 2014
Former government chief whip Andrew Mitchell has invested in a high-profile film financing company considered to be a tax avoidance scheme by HMRC. Tax collectors say the scheme’s investors can expect to receive big tax bills in the coming ...
UK Government defends mass interception of online data at tribunal
July 15th, 2014
Mass interception of online communications by intelligence agencies is necessary – even if only one person is being targeted, lawyers for the UK government have told a tribunal hearing complaints about surveillance. The government’s arguments were disclosed as lawyers ...
