Hints and tips:
...Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged “vigorous” antitrust enforcement, including hearings later this year on competition and consumer protection....
...He was asked by V. Terekhov (Interfax), “in the wake of serious events that occurred tonight, when Nefteyugansk passed into the ownership of a state company. Will you comment . . . ?”...
...Joseph Cotchett, a partner at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, one of the law firms that had fought HP on behalf of shareholders and has now joined it to pursue former Autonomy management, rejects the allegation...
...Plaintiffs in Kiobel’s shoes might also try suing foreign corps in state, versus federal, courts....
...But the Seventh Circuit — in a really nuts case called Rubin v Islamic Republic of Iran — ruled that judgment creditors “must identify the specific property that is subject to attachment”....
...But the most interesting bit comes when Argentina cites an old (well, 2003) English Court of Appeals case… It’s Kensington International Ltd. v Republic of the Congo, another sovereign holdout case....
...This is no sovereign debt Jarndyce v Jarndyce. Of course, all along, the Court of Appeals has affirmed the core of Judge Griesa’s order for Argentina to pay holdouts....
...But Dana Petroleum’s suitor of recent months, Korean National Oil Corp, surprised us on Thursday....
...The author of the BarCap report — one Joseph Abate — says he expects to be writing about the finreg bill for a long time. We’ll keep an eye out. *Thanks guys....
...“V-shaped” recoveries, in which employment comes roaring back, take place only when there’s a lot of pent-up demand....
...“People, having gone through this difficult time, are changing their buying habits,” says Joseph Barker, senior manager for North American sales forecasting with CSM Worldwide, a consultancy....
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