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Bank of America instructs Shearman & Sterling disputes head for forex lawsuit
June 19th, 2014
Shearman & Sterling has landed a major advisory role for Bank of America on a sprawling US lawsuit over alleged rates rigging in the foreign exchange market. A filing earlier this month shows a New York-based group of Shearman ...
IMF in warning over Argentina ruling at US Supreme Court
June 18th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Argentina’s legal defeat in its fight against hedge fund investors may have wider implications. On Monday, a US Supreme Court ruling sided with bondholders demanding Argentina pay them $1.3bn (£766m). The ...
Medtronic to buy Covidien for $42.9 billion, rebase in Ireland
June 16th, 2014
U.S. medical device maker Medtronic Inc said on Sunday it had agreed to buy Covidien Plc for $42.9 billion in cash and stock and move its executive base to Ireland in the latest transaction aiming for lower corporate tax rates abroad. ...
Microsoft fights U.S. search warrant for customer e-mails held in overseas server
June 11th, 2014
Microsoft, one of the world’s largest e-mail providers, is resisting a government search warrant to compel the firm to turn over customer data held in a server located overseas. In what could be a landmark case, the Redmond, Wash., ...
How to: be a better solicitor
June 6th, 2014
The following grew out of various informal talks I used to give to the many articled clerks and trainee solicitors with whom I had the privilege of sharing an office over the years. Solicitors are good at teaching hard ...
General Motors (GM) accepts ‘troubling’ report on Chevrolet Cobalt recall
June 6th, 2014
General Motors (GM) has accepted the findings of a “brutally tough, deeply troubling” report into recalls of its Chevrolet Cobalt over ignition problems which have been linked to 13 deaths. GM also said it would launch a compensation fund ...
Wall Street Fights for Our Right to Pay 5% Fund Fees
June 6th, 2014
One of Wall Street’s chief lobbyists wants you to know that the financial industry has changed, a lot, since the financial crisis. The industry “has already fundamentally reshaped itself into one that is safer, sounder and more resilient,” Ken ...
Illegal Bitcoin IPO Actually Worked Out Pretty Well for Investors
June 4th, 2014
Today the Securities and Exchange Commission shut down a bitcoin investing scam that, as bitcoin investing scams go, is disappointingly un-scammy. A very bitcoiny guy named Erik Voorhees1 started some very bitcoiny companies called SatoshiDICE and FeedZeBirds,2 and he ...
U.S. lawmakers probe Treasury unit’s hiring, will object to Obama nominee
June 3rd, 2014
Two powerful congressmen have opened separate inquiries into whether a Department of the Treasury bureau charged with policing money laundering may have flouted federal hiring rules, including regulations that require military veterans be given preference for government jobs. Darrell ...
Former Barclays New York Trio Face Libor Charges in U.K. Court
May 27th, 2014
Three former Barclays Plc (BARC) New York derivatives traders appeared at a London court after being charged with manipulating Libor by U.K. prosecutors, in the second group from the British bank to face U.K. criminal action. Ryan Reich, Alex ...
