law

Pinsent-Masons

International Law firm Pinsent Masons acquires majority stake in cloud-based compliance Venture

29/07/2015(0)
International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced that it is to acquire a majority stake in Cerico, the cloud-based compliance joint venture which it launched in conjunction with IT consultancy ... Read More
India-Law

30% lawyers in the country are fake, says Bar Council of India

28/07/2015(0)
Bar Council of India has also said that 20% those who claim to be lawyers don not even have proper degrees. 30% of lawyers in the country are fake, possessing ‘fraudulent’ ... Read More
toshiba

Whistleblower Laws Fail to Curb Toshiba Accounting Fraud

23/07/2015(0)
One of the more intriguing questions stemming from the Toshiba Corp. accounting scandal is this: Where was the whistleblower? Top executives at the Japanese industrial conglomerate, which makes everything ... Read More
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Citibank to refund $700 million to credit card customers for unfair and deceptive practices

22/07/2015(0)
Citibank, N.A. and some of its subsidiaries is ordered to refund approximately $700 million to customers for unfair and deceptive credit card practices. This includes unfairly billing consumers for credit ... Read More
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Unregulated advisers beat law firms in Google rankings

13/07/2015(0)
Solicitor firms are missing out on vital marketing opportunities – and losing ground to the unregulated sector – by not establishing themselves at the top of Google searches, research ... Read More
bank-china

Dirty Dealing: China and International Money Laundering

13/07/2015(0)
In the midst of turmoil in the Chinese stock markets, one serious problem that may appear is increased currency outflows created by current and potential investors who would rather move their assets to ... Read More
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Legal professionals are becoming more innovative in running their businesses but more is needed

08/07/2015(0)
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, ... Read More
jpmorgan

JPMorgan to pay over $125 million to settle U.S. credit card debt probes

08/07/2015(0)
JPMorgan Chase & Co has agreed to pay at least $125 million to settle probes by U.S. state and federal authorities that the bank sought to improperly collect and ... Read More
Legal-profession

Too Many Lawyers. Here’s One Solution

07/07/2015(0)
A large part of the law business is in crisis. Lawyers and judges bemoan a “justice gap”: millions of Americans who need legal services but can’t afford them. At ... Read More
ubs

UBS signs whistleblower deal with Brazil to avoid punishments in Forex rigging case

07/07/2015(0)
Swiss bank UBS has signed a leniency agreement with Brazilian authorities to avoid punishment in the alleged rigging of the country’s currency market. Local newspaper Valor Econômico reported that ... Read More
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