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K.B. Concepts Group and its Owner Fined For Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions
May 31st, 2017
Federal Court in Florida Orders K.B. Concepts Group, LLC and Kelvin Burgos to Pay More than $486,300 in Disgorgement and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ...
RBS shareholders urged to settle share sale legal dispute
May 30th, 2017
Former RBS boss Fred Goodwin may be spared having to defend his role in the lender’s near-collapse after investors were urged to settle their legal case against the bank. Thousands of private investors have been involved in a long-running ...
Legal & General choose Dublin for new European hub
May 29th, 2017
UK insurance giant Legal & General has picked Dublin as the European base for its investment management arm, the Irish Independent reports. A LGIM spokesman confirmed the decision to the paper yesterday, with strong indications that more units of the ...
Legal recruitment firm looks to expand globally
May 25th, 2017
Mlegal, a legal recruitment firm, has issued an announcement to inform that the firm adds top recruiting talent to support global expansion plans. According the announcement: Mlegal, a premier national legal search firm, announced today that four highly regarded ...
BNP Paribas to pay a $350 million fine for illegal conduct in Forex trading
May 25th, 2017
DFS fines BNP Paribas $350 million for illegal, unsafe and unsound conduct in connection with BNPP’s foreign exchange trading business Foreign Exchange “Cartel” Manipulated Foreign Exchange Rates, Engaged in Collusion, Executed Fake Trades, Coordinated Trading to Enhance Profits at ...
Nestle loses legal fight to trademark four-fingered KitKat bars
May 22nd, 2017
Nestle has lost the latest stage of its legal battle with Cadbury to trademark Kit-Kat’s four-finger shape in Britain. The Swiss company has been fighting Mondelez – the US business that has owned Cadbury since a hostile takeover in 2010 – for ...
Dentons makes it onto Standard Chartered’s overhauled global legal panel
May 19th, 2017
For the first time Dentons has won a spot on Standard Chartered’s global legal panel while Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Slaughter and May and Linklaters have all been reappointed. Review ...
European Union to launch legal case against Italy over Fiat
May 18th, 2017
The European Union will launch legal action against Italy on Wednesday (17 May) for failing to police allegations of emissions-test cheating by Fiat Chrysler properly following the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal, EU sources said. EU officials have become increasingly frustrated ...
Aussie legaltech firm launches in UK
May 17th, 2017
Legaltech firm LawAdvisor is expanding into the UK and has announced it has secured new funding, and is launching a new service. The Melbourne-headquartered firm’s inaugural UK office will be situated at 1 Primrose Street in London with a ...
Prosecutor’s search of Volkswagen Group’s law firm was legal, court rules
May 16th, 2017
Searching the offices of Volkswagen Group’s law firm was not illegal, a German regional court said on Monday. VW said it would lodge an appeal with Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court. In March, Munich prosecutors searched the offices of Jones ...
