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ECommPay: Regulations of FOREX industry
May 18th, 2016
Forex (FX) regulation is crucial to both security and mutual trust between traders and operators. Companies operating from jurisdictions lacking in regulatory supervision are able to do so in an unfair and illegal manner without facing serious repercussions. Moreover, ...
Global law firm launches in Latin America and the Caribbean
May 18th, 2016
Global law firm Dentons, Colombia’s Cardenas & Cardenas, and Mexico’s López Velarde today formalized their combinations. The launches follow the initial announcement last December that partners of each firm approved the combinations. With these combinations, Colombia and Mexico are ...
Five more women added in gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG US
May 17th, 2016
Five more women have been added as named plaintiffs to the ongoing $350m (£243m) class action gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG’s US arm. On 13 May, Sanford Heisler, the law firm representing the five plaintiffs, filed an amended complaint ...
France to Publicize Beneficial Ownership Information
May 17th, 2016
France intends to put in place “as soon as possible” a central registry of information on the beneficial owners of companies and trusts, which will be open to the public. The pledge was made by the French Government as ...
Panama Says Tax Evasion ‘Not A Crime’ There
May 17th, 2016
It is a misnomer to call Panama a tax haven, but tax evasion in “not a crime” in the central American country and such a situation does not invite criminal proceedings, its Multilateral Affairs Minister Maria Luisa Navarro said ...
Nissan would be ordered to recall hundreds of its diesel-powered Qashqai
May 16th, 2016
South Korea Accuses Nissan of Emissions Cheating on SUV Model The government says the Qashqai model’s emissions tests were rigged, but Nissan says the import meets the latest European requirements South Korea on Monday said it would order Nissan ...
Revenues and hourly rates both up at US law firms
May 16th, 2016
Fresh data from Citi Private Bank has placed revenue growth at US law firms at its strongest level since 2008. According to Citi’s latest report, law firm revenue grew by 5.8 per cent in the first quarter of this ...
Tullett Prebon today announces the preliminary results of IGBB for the year ended 31 March 2016
May 16th, 2016
Further to the announcement released on 11 November 2015 regarding the proposed acquisition by Tullett Prebon of the global hybrid voice broking and information business of ICAP plc (“ICAP”) including ICAP’s associated technology and broking platforms (including iSwap and ...
A law firm has hired the first “Robot lawyer”
May 16th, 2016
The first job after law school can be horrendous—not simply because of the intense workload and long hours, but also the drudgery. A huge amount of legal work given to those on the lowest rung of the ladder consists ...
French law firm opens office in Moscow
May 13th, 2016
This office, run by David Lasfargue, employs 15 people including 10 lawyers and legal experts. Jeantet is strengthening its international presence and is now the most dynamic French law firm in Eastern Europe following the opening of its Kiev ...
