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Bernard Madoff faces questions over transfer of $150m from UK arm$
Posted on January 09, 2009Stephen Raven, the head of Bernard Madoff?s British operation, has called on Mr Madoff to confirm that he did not embezzle $150 million ($£99 million) of the UK unit?s cash or, if he did, to own up and return the cheque.
Two more Ponzi schemes uncovered
Posted on January 09, 2009The US Government moved to clamp down on fraudulent Ponzi schemes in the wake of the $50 billion ($£33 billion) Bernard Madoff scandal, by charging two men for allegedly operating two similar schemes.
Those conmen - how do they get away with it?
Posted on January 09, 2009In the film A Fish Called Wanda, Archibald Leach, played by John Cleese, borrows a friend's flat only to be surprised by visitors while he is standing naked in the living room with his underpants on his head. Articulate barrister though he is, Leach finds that the situation defies dignified explanation.
Regulator's U-turn spares David Ross censure over Carphone shares
Posted on January 09, 2009The City?s chief regulator staged a dramatic policy U-turn yesterday and declared a two-week amnesty for hundreds of directors who have pledged their shares to back personal loans.
SFO opens probe into Madoff's UK business
Posted on January 08, 2009The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into the UK business of Bernard Madoff, the US fund manager behind an alleged $50 billion fraud.$
Aon fined £5.25m for making 'suspicious' payments
Posted on January 08, 2009One of London's biggest insurance brokers, Aon, was today fined £5.25 million for anti-corruption failings after making suspicious payments to help win business in overseas jurisdictions.
Clifford Chance to axe up to 80 London lawyers
Posted on January 08, 2009Clifford Chance, the world?s largest law firm by revenue, has begun a redundancy consultation that could see up to 80 lawyers lose their jobs in London.
Aon is fined £5.25m as FSA launches crackdown
Posted on January 08, 2009The City's chief regulator signalled a crackdown on bribery on Thursday as it fined one of the biggest insurance brokers £5.25 million for anti-corruption failings.
Clifford Chance seeks £40m from partners
Posted on January 08, 2009Clifford Chance, the world's largest law firm, is seeking an average of £100,000 from each of its 400 equity partners to raise more than £40 million for the firm.
Clifford Chance: backed into a tight corner
Posted on January 08, 2009Most businesses are finding their working capital under pressure as suppliers demand cash upfront and customers drag their feet paying the bills. As business slows, the squeeze can get very uncomfortable, as many lawyers and accountants are discovering...
PwC in spotlight over missing billion at Satyam, 'India's Enron'
Posted on January 08, 2009Angry Indian investors are demanding to know how PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the auditor, missed a systematic £1 billion fraud at Satyam, the IT outsourcing group, for as long as seven years, while Merrill Lynch, the US bank, became aware of the deception in ten days.
Madoff ?asked UK arm for £100m? before arrest
Posted on January 08, 2009Bernard Madoff asked the UK operations of his company to transfer £100 million to his US business weeks before he allegedly confessed to running the world?s largest Ponzi scheme, according to employees at the British branch.
Nigel Boardman: law firms right to target underperforming partners
Posted on January 07, 2009Law firms are right to cut underperforming partners as they look to slash costs ahead of a downturn, the UK?s leading corporate lawyer said.
FSA considers forcing disclosure of all short positions
Posted on January 07, 2009The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is considering forcing investors to disclose short positions in all 3,489 shares traded on UK exchanges despite dropping a ban on short-selling of financial stocks this week.
Simmons & Simmons named most gay-friendly law firm
Posted on January 07, 2009Simmons & Simmons has been named the most gay-friendly law firm in the UK by a leading lobby group.
FSA steps up insider dealing blitz
Posted on January 07, 2009The crackdown on insider dealing suspects was stepped up today as the Financial Services Authority (FSA) brought its fourth criminal prosecution in 12 months.
Fusty image and poor pay put women off being judges
Posted on January 07, 2009The judiciary is losing out on some of the best talent in the legal profession because the work of a High Court judge is perceived as fusty, old-fashioned and underpaid.
Lawyer of the Week: Pete Weatherby
Posted on January 07, 2009Pete Weatherby, a barrister at Garden Court North Chambers in Manchester, acted for Michael Shields, the Liverpool supporter who was found guilty of attempted murder in Bulgaria and jailed for 15 years. The sentence was later reduced to ten years on appeal, and Shields was repatriated to serve the balance of his sentence in an English prison.
Bruce Houlder, QC, the top criminal silk taking on the Armed Forces
Posted on January 07, 2009When appointed the first civilian in charge of military prosecutions, Bruce Houlder, QC, faced accusations that he would ?let our boys hang out to dry?. Others said that he had been put in post to ?whitewash the crimes of the military?. Houlder, who took over on January 1 as the independent Director of Service Prosecutions for all three Armed Forces, is determined to prove that he can steer a middle course.
Fraud: the public are in a mood for show trials of guilty managers
Posted on January 07, 2009This is the year when the pursuit, exposure and prosecution of fraud will be a very big business story. Already, almost every fraud lawyer in London will say that his or her workload has boomed and that Bernard Madoff has become the poster boy for what will become a substantial global legal industry.
FSA could extend rule on short-selling disclosure to all public companies
Posted on January 07, 2009Britain?s top City regulator is examining whether to extend disclosure of short-selling to all 3,489 companies publicly traded in the UK.
FSA fortifies campaign to stamp out insider deals
Posted on January 07, 2009The crackdown on insider-dealing suspects was stepped up yesterday as the Financial Services Authority brought its fourth criminal prosecution in 12 months. Previously, the FSA preferred to use its in-house civil system of fines.
B. Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Satyam, admits £1bn fraud and quits
Posted on January 07, 2009The chairman of one of India?s largest IT outsourcers has resigned after confessing to a £1 billion fraud, in a scandal that has been dubbed the country?s Enron.
Bernard Madoff puts skids under Santander?s profit hopes
Posted on January 07, 2009Santander, the Spanish owner of Abbey and Alliance & Leicester, looks likely to miss its ambitious ?10 billion (£9 billion) profit target for 2008 after suffering hits from the Bernard Madoff scandal and the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Iceland brings legal action over Kaupthing UK demise
Posted on January 06, 2009Kaupthing, the state-controlled Icelandic bank, has confirmed that it will sue the British Government over the Treasury?s decision to place Kaupthing?s UK arm into administration last October.
Clifford Chance hires senior FTC lawyer as head of US antitrust practice
Posted on January 06, 2009Clifford Chance, the UK's biggest law firm, has hired the former senior lawyer at the US Federal Trade Commission to head its American antitrust practice.
Dow Chemical to sue Kuwait over 'contract breach'
Posted on January 06, 2009Dow Chemical will sue Kuwait for breach of contract after the Middle Eastern state pulled out of a $17.4 billion ($£11.9 billion) joint venture with America's biggest chemical company.
President Sarkozy to scrap ?super-sleuth? examining magistrates
Posted on January 06, 2009The examining magistrate, a pillar of French justice, is to be scrapped in a plan by President Sarkozy to bring the criminal system closer to Anglo-American common law.
£6m of sick miners' awards went to Arthur Scargill's union
Posted on January 06, 2009Arthur Scargill's trade union was paid more than £6 million by a firm of solicitors that deducted the money from compensation awarded to sick miners for industrial disease, a tribunal was told.
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