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Deutsche Bank faces legal headwinds
July 31st, 2015
Deutsche Bank warned that its new performance targets were at risk from heavy legal charges as it set aside 1.2 billion euros ($1.31 billion) for fines and settlements and reported quarterly earnings largely in line with expectations. Germany’s largest ...
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law
July 27th, 2015
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law? At a roundtable held under the Chatham House Rule, Jonathan Rayner heard City lawyers consider the potential fallout. Greek riot police silhouetted against ...
Two arrested in illegal bitcoin scheme
July 23rd, 2015
A West Palm Beach man is one of two individuals arrested by federal authorities Tuesday for operating an unlicensed money-transfer business that allegedly used bitcoins to launder cash for on-line criminals. Authorities arrested Anthony R. Murgio, 31, of West ...
Banks face new legal action over forex manipulation
July 15th, 2015
After fines totalling many billions of pounds from UK and US regulators, a new threat is about to hit the major banks found guilty of manipulating the foreign exchange market. US lawyers are preparing multi-million-pound legal action – to ...
Legal professionals are becoming more innovative in running their businesses but more is needed
July 8th, 2015
Findings from the largest ever study of innovation in the legal sector, commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Legal Services Board (LSB), suggest that legal professionals, including solicitors and barristers, are becoming more innovative in the ...
India in talks with lawyers to open up legal services sector to foreigners
June 30th, 2015
The Indian government has started talks with the Bar Council of India and other stakeholders on its proposal to open up the legal services sector to foreigners in stages. Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher told reporters that discussions are also ...
Legal Suit Sheds Light on Secret Trading Technology
June 23rd, 2015
Ashbury Heights accuses former data partner of misusing intellectual property A legal dispute in San Francisco is shedding light on the secret tools that some of the biggest quantitative hedge funds, including WorldQuant LLC and Two Sigma Investments LLC, ...
An alternative Legal Services Business is launched by Herbert Smith Freehills
June 22nd, 2015
Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a pioneering new global alternative legal services business, which harnesses the firm’s key legal and client technology expertise around the world to offer cost efficient legal products and technology services for clients. The new ...
SEC Announces Enforcement Action for Illegal Offering of Security-Based Swaps
June 18th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an enforcement action against a company that illegally offered complex derivatives products to retail investors. The Dodd-Frank Act implemented two key requirements for any security-based swaps offering to a retail investor who ...
China securities watchdog bans illegal share financing
June 15th, 2015
China’s securities watchdog has reiterated that brokerages should not help illicit share financing, amid rising concerns on highly-leveraged capital in a bullish stock market. Securities companies were asked not to help illegal lending to share purchases, according to an ...
