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Heightened cybersecurity roles for in-house lawyers as breaches increase
May 4th, 2018
New cybersecurity report reveals that In-house lawyers anticipate bigger roles and budgets as breaches increase. A new cybersecurity report, incorporating data from 617 in-house lawyers at 412 companies in 33 countries, reveals that In-house lawyers anticipate their role in ...
Dollar slips from four-month high against a basket of currencies
May 3rd, 2018
The dollar traded below a four-month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday, with the focus shifting to economic data after the Federal Reserve did little to alter market expectations for further interest rate rises this year. On ...
$85 million ponzi scheme shuts down
May 3rd, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the unsealing of fraud charges against a Mississippi company and its principal who allegedly bilked at least 150 investors in an $85 million Ponzi scheme. The defendants agreed to permanent injunctions, an asset ...
British pound was flat, Yen lost, Won jumped, Stocks in Asia gained; Key events to watch this week
April 30th, 2018
Stocks in Asia gained, with some major markets shut for holidays, as investors weighed the ongoing earnings season against a mixed set of signals for global economic growth. The won rallied as the two Koreas moved closer to peace ...
Luxury brand Gucci and Guess end nine year legal battle over the letter G
April 27th, 2018
After a nine-year long legal battle over the Guess logo and diamond pattern, which Gucci alleges are direct copies of its trademark, the two companies said they had reached an agreement “which will result in the conclusion of all ...
When Investor Psychology Turns Dark, All News Is Bad News
April 26th, 2018
Big companies report blow-out earnings. Home prices soar. North Korea promises to end its nuke program, possibly averting another Asian war. And stocks fall. Does this mean the news no longer matters? That’s exactly what it means. But it ...
The Euro and British Pound rose, European stocks advanced; What to watch out for this week
April 17th, 2018
European stocks advanced, overcoming weakness in Asian markets in the wake of a mixed set of economic numbers from China. The dollar fell to the lowest level in two months and U.S. equity-index futures climbed. The Stoxx Europe 600 ...
$27 million in stock sales of purported cryptocurrency company freezes
April 16th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a court order freezing more than $27 million in trading proceeds from allegedly illegal distributions and sales of restricted shares of Longfin Corp. stock involving the company, its CEO, and three other ...
Why A Dollar Collapse Is Inevitable
April 13th, 2018
“Naturally, the smooth termination of the gold-exchange standard, the restoration of the gold standard, and supplemental and interim measures that might be called for, in particular with a view to organizing international credit on this new basis, will ...
One of largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe released a letter about ICOs
April 2nd, 2018
BaFin, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in Germany and one of the largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe has published an advisory letter about Initial Coin Offerings and the classification of tokens as financial instruments. For some time now, ...
