APR
11
2016

Cameron pushes for criminal sanctions over tax evasion

David Cameron promise to create a new criminal offence for companies that fail to stop their staff assisting in tax evasion

APR
11
2016

Goldman Sachs to Pay $5.1 Billion in Mortgage Settlement

Goldman Sachs has completed a $5.1 billion settlement with state and federal officials over the bank’s role in the subprime mortgage crisis.

APR
11
2016

Tax lawyer accused of taking £500,000 bribe in property dispute

Andrew Thornhill QC was appointed as an independent expert in family confrontation

APR
11
2016

Appeals Court: Mississippi AG’s Investigation of Google Can Resume

In December 2014, Google sued to block enforcement of a wide-ranging 79-page subpoena issued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood

APR
11
2016

Panama papers: Mossack Fonseca offices in El Salvador raided

Documents and computer equipment were seized from the Mossack Fonseca office

APR
11
2016

Congress considering Feinstein-Burr bill to force smartphone data decryption

The bill was proposed by senators Diane Feinstein and Richard Burr, and states that companies "must provide in a timely manner responsive, intelligible information or data, or appropriate technical assistance to obtain such information"

APR
8
2016

How Ted Cruz win in Supreme Court hurt U.S.- Mexico relations

Ted Cruz against the case of execution of a Mexican man for murder in 2008

APR
8
2016

Law firm in Iraq death case misled court, judge rules

Public Interest Lawyers failed to note inconsistency between claimant’s signed statement and previous allegation

APR
8
2016

Pennsylvania bans bias against transgender people

One order bans the state from discriminating against any employee or job applicant based on a host of criteria including "gender expression or identity"

APR
8
2016

Federal appeals court allows Uber to appeal approval of class action

Uber´s attorneys argue that the drivers signed away their right to participate in class-action lawsuits due to a binding arbitration clause in their agreement with Uber

APR
8
2016

EU top court adviser: providing image hyperlink not copyright infringement

The case involves a website, GreenStijl, which posted hyperlinks to another website´s unlawfully posted Playboy pictures

APR
7
2016

Michigan governor faces racketeering lawsuit over Flint water crisis

The lawsuit brought by Flint residents alleges the two-year crisis was the result of ‘intentional’ actions by state officials to cut costs amid bankruptcy fears

APR
6
2016

Panama Papers: here´s what you need to know (so far)

Here we try to answer some basic questions about the story.

APR
6
2016

San Francisco is first city to require fully paid parental leave

The law, unanimously approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, grants six-week leave for fathers and mothers working for companies with 20 or more employees, nearly doubling the pay they are now eligible to collect under California law

APR
4
2016

U.S. Asks JPMorgan, Wells Fargo to Save Records Tied to 1MDB

The banks aren’t targets of the investigation and haven’t been accused by authorities of wrongdoing

APR
4
2016

Japanese Lawyers’ Problem: Too Few Cases

A government-engineered boom in lawyers ends badly, with low crime and falling bankruptcies

APR
1
2016

Immigrants must sign contract to say that they will respect law

A new law will make it compulsory for immigrants to sign a commitment to respect the rights, duties and freedoms in Belgian society, it emerged today.

APR
1
2016

Brazil’s Poor Love Lula. And They May Be His and Rousseff’s Salvation

Facing a judicial probe, Lula is appealing to the Brazilians who revere him.

MAR
30
2016

Race to discover how FBI cracked San Bernardino killer’s iPhone

The speculation is driven by both high-minded concern for the digital security of the general public and hackers’ constant desire for bragging rights about who has managed to outsmart the rest

MAR
30
2016

Jean Charles de Menezes family loses European court fight

The Brazilian was killed at London´s Stockwell Tube in 2005 by police who mistook him for a terror suspect

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