Legal

LinkedIn Corporation

LinkedIn, U.S. Labor Dept settle overtime case for $6 million

05/08/2014(0)
LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) agreed to pay about $6 million in back overtime and damages to 359 current and former employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the ... Read More
JPMorgan

JPMorgan’s Top Retail Banking Lawyer Biben Said to Depart

05/08/2014(0)
Matthew Biben, general counsel for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM:US)’s retail-banking operations, has left after three years at the firm, a person with knowledge of the move said. Jill ... Read More
Microsoft logo at the 2014 Computex exhibition in Taipei

China regulator says Microsoft should not obstruct anti-trust probe

04/08/2014(0)
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) should not obstruct an anti-trust investigation by Chinese regulators, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said on Monday, the latest shot fired by China’s ... Read More
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Indian police arrests bank chief over bribery

04/08/2014(0)
Indian police have arrested the chairman of state-run Syndicate bank, Sudhir Kumar Jain, and several others over allegations of bribery. Mr Jain has been accused of taking bribes to ... Read More
bitcoin

Tokyo Police to launch Investigation into Missing Mt. Gox Bitcoin

04/08/2014(0)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has launched an official investigation into possible illicit activity surrounding the closure of Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. The news comes roughly five months ... Read More
SEC- Headquarters

SEC Seeks $1.41 Billion from Wyly Brothers For Fraud

04/08/2014(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking damages totaling $1.41 billion from Texas tycoon Sam Wyly and the estate of his late brother Charles for their role in a ... Read More
simmons-simmons

Simmons enters South Africa with Fasken Martineau alliance

01/08/2014(0)
Simmons & Simmons has gained a South African presence by allying with Canadian firm Fasken Martineau’s recently-acquired Johannesburg operation. Fasken Martineau merged with the 76-lawyer Johannesburg-based Bell Dewar in ... Read More
VIRGINIA-governor

Virginia Governor facing corruption trial

01/08/2014(0)
Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia and his wife, Maureen, engaged in a corruption trial, described on Thursday a private meeting at which he and Mr. McDonnell had discussed ways ... Read More
law

Aussie legal market sees slight rise in confidence but pay rises limited

01/08/2014(0)
A slight rise in business confidence and commercial activity in Australia looks set to thaw out pay freezes and potentially help stem the flow of partner exits that were ... Read More
Serious Fraud Office

British Fraud Office conducts Second Settlement in Inquiry Over Icelandic Bank

31/07/2014(0)
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said on Thursday that it had reached a second settlement in a series of civil claims brought by two brothers after a flawed investigation into ... Read More
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