This is a major victory for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. The U.S. Department of Justice has disclosed that the Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has now agreed to shell out $5.06 billion in settlement claims for having misled mortgage… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Halliburton Baker Hughes deal under European Commission lens
Last week the DOJ has filed a lawsuit to stop the merger as the resultant would leave only two dominant companies in the global well drilling and oil industry construction services industry. The equivalent of antitrust regulators in the European… Read More ›
David Cameron, Britain’s Prime Minister admits to having had stake in offshore trust
Iceland’s President has already resigned following the leak now dubbed as the ‘Panama Papers’. There is increasing pressure on Britain’s Prime Minister to come clean. During a TV interview, yesterday, British Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged that he once had… Read More ›
PacSun files for Chapter 11
Faced with increased competition from fast-fashion retailers as well as online rivals, PacSun has opted for bankruptcy protection. Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. (PacSun), a teen apparel, has succumbed to increased losses amongst fierce competition in the industry and will… Read More ›
PayPal protests North Carolina’s law that targets the LGBT community
North Carolina has enacted this law to safe guard children against acts, including molestations. With North Carolina passing a controversial law which targets lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders, PayPal Holdings Inc. which had plans on investing $3.6 million in the… Read More ›
New redomiciling rules lay waste to Pfizer’s acquisition of Allergan
Companies will now have to re-work their tax strategies in order to optimize their U.S. tax profile. In what has been described as a major victory for President’s Obama’s drive to curb tax dodging moves made by corporates, Pfizer Inc’s… Read More ›
Possible Chinese Hackers Behind Historic Bangladesh Bank Cyber Heist: Philippines Senator
World’s biggest cyber heists, the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, seems to be the handiwork of Chinese hackers according to a senator in the Philippines. On the other hand, a female bank manager in Manila accused… Read More ›
DOJ drags ValueAct to court for regulatory notification violations
ValueAct had settled earlier disputes by paying a penalty of $1.1 million. In this case however, the lawsuit hinges on the definition of “passive” holdings as defined in the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Citing violations of notification requirements related to Halliburton… Read More ›
Governments across the globe to probe information in Panama Papers
The Panama Papers come at a time when countries across the globe are facing a financial shortfall. It would be in their interest to recover monies illegal parked in offshore accounts. With the leaking of documents from a Panamanian law… Read More ›
Financial details of the wealthy and corrupt – leaked
Is this another Edward Snowden for financial dealings? In a development that is likely to have serious wide ranged implications, tax authorities in New Zealand and Australia are investigating into a massive data leak from a Panama based law firm… Read More ›