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Ex-Barclays traders jailed over Libor rigging

08/07/2016(0)
A London court has sentenced four former Barclays traders to prison. They were found guilty of Libor manipulation between 2005 and 2007. Jay Merchant received six-and-a-half years in prison, ... Read More
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Some of London’s leading public and EU law specialists are launching a legal fight to preserve UK’s EU membership

04/07/2016(0)
Legal dream team fights to make Brexit conditional on parliamentary backing Big guns from Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone, Matrix and Monckton take aim at referendum decision Some of London’s ... Read More
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Facebook wins privacy case, can now track any Belgian it wants

01/07/2016(0)
In a somewhat unexpected twist, Facebook has won a legal battle against Belgium’s data protection authority, which had sought to prevent Facebook from tracking non-Facebook (or not-logged-into-Facebook) users, both ... Read More
Jerome

French ex-trader Jerome Kerviel wins unfair dismissal case

08/06/2016(0)
The French ex-trader Jerome Kerviel, whose unauthorised transactions lost his bank €4.9bn (£3.82bn), has won a claim for unfair dismissal. A labour court said the bank, Societe Generale, had ... Read More
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Trial Set to Open in Legal Battle Between H-P and Oracle

31/05/2016(0)
Jurors are set to convene on Tuesday to hear opening arguments in a five-year legal battle that centers on Oracle Corp.’s alleged role in the decline of one of the former ... Read More
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Europe vs. Facebook: Austrian activist wins another legal battle over data protection

27/05/2016(0)
An Austrian privacy activist has won his next legal battle against so-called “model contract clauses,” used by thousands of multinational companies, including Facebook and Amazon, to legally transfer Europeans’ ... Read More
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RBS’s Bank Restructuring unit faces legal claims from business who claim they were forced into liquidation

26/05/2016(0)
Small businesses who claim they were forced into liquidation by the activities of Royal Bank of Scotland’s controversial Global Restructuring Group (GRG), have set up a dedicated whistleblowers Website ... Read More
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Prosecutors demand jail for ex-PwC’s accountants

12/05/2016(0)
During the last hearings of the LuxLeaks trial, prosecutors have asked for a 18-month jail sentence for Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, both ex-PwC accountants who blew the whistle ... Read More
Legal-profession

Two Convicted in the biggest Insider Trading Conspiracy in Britain

10/05/2016(0)
A former investment banker and a businessman were convicted of insider trading on Monday in what the British authorities have described as the largest crackdown on improper trading in ... Read More
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A lawsuit filed against Starbucks

05/05/2016(0)
What do you do when you’ve ordered a Starbucks iced coffee that you think is watered down with too much ice? A) Return the drink and ask for less ice. B) ... Read More
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