01/15/2019
One New Year's Resolution Attorneys Don't Tell Their Boss
As 2018 ends and bonuses are paid out, it is important to let it all sink in
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
01/15/2019
Wells Fargo settles SEC lawsuit over Curt Schilling's 38 Studios
Terms were not disclosed.
01/14/2019
Ex-Standard Chartered banker prepares to plead guilty in Iran case
Emerging markets lender under investigation for alleged sanctions breaches
01/10/2019
Another S.F. accounting firm swept up in industry consolidation
With its latest deal, Squar Milner will have more than 150 professionals in the Bay Area.
01/09/2019
Effort to block recognition of O’Reilly’s Bahamas bankruptcy in the US
Ex-nurse suing Sir Anthony over his promise of millions of dollars in company shares
01/09/2019
Law firm mergers are heating up says Altman Weil
Among other international deals were the merger of K&L Gates with Singapore’s Straits Law which completed this week.
01/09/2019
Data Protection Predictions 2019
The GDPR appears to have resulted in a big shift away from consent as the processing condition relied upon for the majority of commercial processing activities.
01/09/2019
NFL Star's Lawsuit Over Smashburger Investments Alleges Failures to Supervise Multimillion-Dollar Account
According to the couple’s lawsuit, Williams and his assistant received compensation and benefits from the Smashburger venture
01/09/2019
Streamlined Procedures for Foreign Accounts Compliance
FinCEN Forms 114, Report of Foreign Financial and Bank Accounts, (“FBARs”), are not part of a Streamlined Procedures filing.
01/08/2019
World Bank's Kim abruptly resigns to join infrastructure firm
Just last month, the World Bank announced it would double its investments to fight climate change to around $200 billion over the next five years.
01/08/2019
Will FATCA Ever Become a Success?
It is also fair to say that the IRS suffered from being politicized through numerous administrations and, consequently, not well managed at the top end.
01/08/2019
Tax Evasion, Money Laundering and the CRA’s use of the ‘proceeds-of-crime’ method of collection – A Canadian Tax Lawyer Analysis
This tax planning, when done in the cleverest of ways, requires considerable time, effort and intellect.
01/08/2019
SEC Adopts Final Rules to Disclose Hedging Policies
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton stated that the final rules, together with existing reporting requirements regarding insider transactions in company securities, would serve to “bring increased clarity to share ownership and incentives” of company ins
01/07/2019
Standard Chartered STILL on the hook over Iran deals as it faces £1.2bn fine in US
StanChart will be saddled with an independent monitor until the end of March
01/07/2019
Arthur J. Gallagher to acquire UK broker Stackhouse Poland
With more than 500 employees, Stackhouse Poland operates from a network of 23 offices across the UK.
01/04/2019
No tax on interest? Ruling pertaining to convention between South Africa and Brazil
On 4 July 2018 the South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued Binding Private Ruling (BPR) 307, which deals with relief from the double taxation of interest in terms of the convention.
01/03/2019
America’s EB-5 investor visa programme backlog it putting Chinese capital at risk
In June, US Senator Chuck Grassley wrote to Trump, calling the EB-5 programme “riddled with fraud.”
01/03/2019
How to make companies fully fund their pensions
Workers deserve retirement security.
01/02/2019
Regulatory competition is hot again — and that’s worrisome
The renewed competition is a marker of how far the proverbial pendulum has swung in the decade since the crisis.
12/31/2018
S Korea inks deal to join Central American multilateral development bank
South Korea is set to become the 15th member state of the multilateral lender once the deal is ratified by the National Assembly.