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Submission to ALRC Inquiry into Class Actions calls for a closer look at short seller involvement in class actions

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MinterEllison has lodged a further submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders, with the firm calling for a closer look at the appropriateness of short sellers’ participation in shareholder class actions.In its earlier submission of 30 July 2018, MinterEllison’s response to the ALRC Inquiry called […]

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Ghosts in the Machine: Revisited: Survey sees Artificial Intelligence as an opportunity and threat by financial services sector

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Baker & McKenzie – The use of AI technology has seamlessly shifted from science fiction to everyday fact. Financial institutions are leading the way, as AI and machine learning technology has come to play an integral role in a range of operations. The opportunities and challenges as we edge closer to an AI-centric world are

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Bradley Waltz in Minneapolis

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MINNEAPOLIS (November 15, 2018) – Barnes & Thornburg has added Bradley J. Walz as a partner in the Corporate Department in Minneapolis, where he helps companies on a broad range of business and transactional issues. Previously, Walz was a shareholder at Winthrop & Weinstine. Walz has experience in helping companies monetize and protect their assets. He

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Grand Jury Indicts Hawthorne Man on 14 Federal Charges for Allegedly Collecting Life Insurance after Killing His Two Children

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            LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today named a Hawthorne man in a 14-count indictment that alleges he intentionally drove his family into the water at the Port of Los Angeles in a scheme to collect proceeds of life insurance policies he had purchased on their lives.             Ali F. Elmezayen, 44, was charged with

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“You’re an inveterate con man. You’re a crook,” Judge Tells Sham Oil & Gas Co Chairman

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Raheem J. Brennerman Operated Wide-Ranging Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain Tens of Millions of Dollars in Bank Financing             Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RAHEEM J. BRENNERMAN, a/k/a “Jefferson R. Brennerman,” a/k/a “Ayodeji Soetan,” was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to 12 years in

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Immigration Attorney Guilty of Scamming Asylum Scheme

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Andreea Dumitru Knowingly Made False Statements and Representations On More Than 100 Asylum Applications             Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANDREEA DUMITRU, a/k/a “Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu,” an immigration attorney based in Queens, New York, was found guilty today in Manhattan federal court of asylum fraud, making false

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Colin Craig’s Latest Law Action: A New Appeal and a New Lawyer

Lawyers, New Zealand Law News /

Eternal litigator Colin Craig returns to court – yes, again – with an appeal against the judgment last month from Justice Kit Toogood who found that Craig was defamed WhaleOil blogger Cameron Slater, although no damages were awarded because there was no reputational damage to Craig other than from his own actions. Justice Toogood also

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Bank Acknowledges Violation of US Sanction Laws – Societe Generale SA & Trading With the Enemy Act

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Charges to Be Deferred For Three Years Under an Agreement in which Société Générale Admitted Its Conduct Bank to Pay Total Penalties of more than $1.3 Billion as part of Resolution with Federal and State Prosecutors and Regulators Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James D. Robnett,

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The Growth of ‘Climate Change Litigation’

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White & Case – An increased sense of global urgency and public awareness around climate change-related risks, along with national laws and international commitments, is driving a new class of litigation. Crucially, the science of climate change is developing linkages to potential duties of care, facilitating alternative approaches for those seeking to demonstrate responsibility for

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Arms Trafficker Found Guilty of Conspiring to Supply and Use Anti-Aircraft Missiles after Pleading Guilty to other Arms Offenses

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LOS ANGELES – A federal jury has convicted a black-market arms dealer of conspiring to acquire, transfer and use missiles designed to shoot down aircraft. Rami Najm Asad-Ghanem, 52, who was commonly known as Rami Ghanem, a naturalized United States citizen who was living in Egypt at the time of the offenses, was found guilty of

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