07/23/2014
“Mr. Hixon’s actions were a misguided expression of love and support for his younger daughter, whom he desperately feared losing,” his lawyer, William F. Johnson, argued in a July 18 filing in Manhattan federal court.
07/23/2014
The value of such property, with the exception of a “5 or 5” power, isn’t part of a decedent’s gross estate
07/23/2014
He joins the firm as a partner focusing his practice on corporate and antitrust law bringing experience advising foreign clients doing business in the U.S. on corporate, commercial and transactional matters
07/18/2014
The companies, which aren’t named in the notice, are Barclays, Deutsche Bank and hedge-fund manager Renaissance Technologies LLC, the people said. Representatives for each of the companies plan to testify at the July 22 hearing, the people said.
07/14/2014
IOSCO will establish the key tools - including fines, prison sentences, and clawing back ill-gotten gains - that deter financial firms from breaking the rules
07/13/2014
Financiers may grumble that the United States is acting like an imperial power in punishing foreign banks for dealings far beyond U.S. territory, but in the end they are more likely to bow to Washington than kick against its dollar muscle.