Toxic Assets, What Toxic Assets? London Readies For Suits
The investor lawsuits, I believe, will largely center around investors claiming that these financial products where much more risky than represented by the investment banks that sold them.
Commercial Awareness Is Not Just Global, It’s Now Mobile
By: Ainsley Brown Yes, its official Commercial Law International has gone Mobile. Please check out our mobile enabled web page. Related Posts:L´Oreal Found Guilty Of Racial DiscriminationTHE GROWING NEED FOR EXPANDED CORPORATE REPORTINGTrouble Down Under For Krispy KremeCredit Suisse To Compensate Clients Over Lehman LossesIs Government procurement a non fiscal incentive?
Google’s slap on the wrist about copyright
MPAA have issued notices to Google for illicit sharing of material that is protected by copyright…
NY Chief Judge Increases Access To Justice in Foreclosure Cases
By: Ainsley Brown It is a gross understatement to say that foreclosures have hit the US economy hard. In fact, because housing has so many connections to the health of the US economy – from construction to lending to 401K’s – foreclosures continue to be a major drag on the tepid US recovery. Solving the foreclosure crisis therefore will be
China Announces New M&A Panel
By: Ainsley Brown Is China growing more hostile to foreign investment? Many would answer the question with a resounding, YES, especially given the recent Cabinet announcement of a panel to review foreign mergers and acquisitions (M&A). However I think it’s all a matter of perspective – are the Chinese doing anything different than what the United States, Canada or the
Beware the contractual agreement: Copyright owners and Law Firms
By: Emma Peart It has come to light through accidental disclosure of files that a UK law firm, ACS: Law has been sending letters on behalf of its client MediaCAT to suspected illegal file sharers. This in itself has raised a number of questions as to any such action by a firm. The letters themselves offered the suspected illegal file-sharers
Battle for Africa Continues
By Charles Wanguhu A proposed toll road in Nairobi has fallen through after the World Bank withheld funding after claims that the project did not adhere to the Banks social and environmental safeguards, and Kenyan laws, including land acquisition. Kenya was to work with Austrian construction firm Strabag AG which has previous experience of road construction especially interior of Kenya.
Happy Birthday Bob…Jah Bless
By: Ainsley Brown I want to extend a very warm heart felt Happy Birthday to Robert Nesta Marley, better know to the world as Bob Marley. Rest in peace Bob, you are gone but never forgotten. Thank you for the music, memories and most of all the vision for a better world. So what does this have to do
Chinese Bank To Take Control Of US Retail Bank?
By: Ainsley Brown In a move that would be the first of its kind, a state-owned Chinese bank could take control of a US retail bank. The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has reportedly signed a deal to acquire the majority stake in the US subsidiary of Bank of East Asia. The deal signed during the recent state
More Recognition for Pre-Nups?
By: Emma Peart The decision in Radmacher has potentially given even more credibility to Pre-nuptual agreements in the UK. The case concerns a German industrial heiress and her Ex-Husband, a Former Investment Banker, who entered into a Pre-Nuptial agreement with the idea of protecting the interests they would inherit through family business. The Judgement itself states that the approach of