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The bank was sued in January by 15 families including the victims of a bus bombing in Jerusalem on August 19, 2003 that killed 20 people — an attack for which Hamas claimed responsiblity. The families claimed that Natwest, now part of RBS, enabled Interpal, a charity that provides aid to poor and needy Palestinians, […]

One wonders what kind of party Irina Abramovich had been planning to throw for her husband Roman to mark his reaching 40 years of age a week tomorrow. A soiree in the private room at Cipriani, the Mayfair restaurant which is the favourite of so many haute coutured wives of the expat Russian super-rich? Perhaps

President Moshe Katsav earned a dubious distinction Sunday evening as he became the first president to serve under a police recommendation for indictment. Pundits’ doomsday scenarios proved accurate as police said Sunday that they had gathered sufficient evidence to recommend indicting the president on charges of rape, as well as indecent acts using force, indecent

The passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as an adjunct to the Safe Port Act sparked a stream of announcements by London-listed operators confirming the sale or closure of their US- facing operations, while World Gaming collapsed into administration. Sportingbet and Leisure & Gaming both announced the sale of their US-facing operations for

Guy Beringer, senior partner at Allen & Overy, the “magic circle” firm, is a general corporate solicitor who also specialises in environmental law. He has won praise for his contribution to the promotion and funding of pro bono or charitable work at major law firms. Paul Davies, a professor of commercial law at the London

Today, firms that fail to take seriously the challenges of recruiting, training, mentoring and work-life issues can count on increasing turnover to such an extent that, by one estimate, nearly 50 percent of any given group of entering associates likely will leave the firm within three years. This trend illustrates fairly dramatically the challenges faced

“Just days before the Mexican statute of limitations on prosecuting Chapman were set to expire, it seems the State Department is proceeding with efforts to extradite Mr. Chapman back to Mexico to face criminal prosecution,” the House members said. “It makes no sense. It seems that Mexican authorities are pressing this case only because they