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European banks
Monaco private bank faces US lawsuit based on anti-mafia laws
...participation of CMB Bank was critical to Mr Yegiazaryan’s plan as it allowed him to hinder, delay, and . . . prevent collection by Mr Smagin of his legitimate debt, despite multiple court orders around the world...
April 10, 2024
Law
Sir Lynton Crosby’s CT Group accused of unlawful information gathering
...The litigation pits his widow Loudmila and their daughter — the claimants — against Bourlakov’s sister, brother-in-law Nikolai Kazakov and another relative....
March 28, 2024
FT Live
Evolving retirement strategies in an ever-changing world
What new regulatory developments mean for IFAs
Tuesday, 30 April1 Friday Street, London
Venture capital investment
Social Capital sacks two partners over ‘situation’ involving AI investment
...Chamath Palihapitiya’s venture capital group Social Capital has fired two of its most senior partners and hired a law firm to investigate an undisclosed “situation” related to its investment in Groq, an...
March 12, 2024
African economy
Anti-LGBT+ law puts Ghana’s IMF and World Bank funding at risk, finance ministry warns
...the outcome of a legal challenge by civil society groups at the Supreme Court....
March 5, 2024
Newspaper industry
The Scotsman-owner National World flags interest in Telegraph
...National World, the regional media group, has flagged its interest in any future sale of the Telegraph, with claims that it would be the “best qualified” to own the rival national newspaper....
March 21, 2024
Scottish politics
Scottish police receive 7,000 hate crime complaints in first week of new law
...First minister Humza Yousaf has said the law is needed to shield people from a “rising tide of hatred”....
April 10, 2024
FT Live
Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific
Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region
Thursday, 16 MayHong Kong
FT Magazine
They served Opus Dei as unpaid domestics for 52 years. Was it slavery?
...It was started in 2020 by former members and recently expanded to the English-speaking world through a Reddit group, called Opus Dei Exposed. The group has hundreds of members....
March 16, 2024
War in Ukraine
Ukraine adopts new mobilisation law to boost military
...Without this, I don’t think the law will improve mobilisation,” said Oleksiy Goncharenko, an opposition MP from the European Solidarity party....
April 11, 2024
Post Office scandal
Evidence of fraud ‘quite compelling’, says Post Office’s ex-managing director
...Cook “certainly always gave the impression of someone who was very much in control of his brief”, said Crozier, now chair of telecoms group BT....
April 12, 2024
Climate change
Climate change failings violate citizens’ rights, European court rules
...The case at the European Court of Human Rights was brought by a 2,000-strong group of Swiss women, aged mostly in their 70s, who argued that Switzerland had failed to protect citizens from the “serious adverse...
April 9, 2024
Due Diligence
The $1mn fees roiling Miami’s golf clubs Premium content
...Credit moment The slow, humdrum world of corporate lending is suddenly all the rage, Lex writes. Defamation pit bulls Law firm Clare Locke helped win a $787mn settlement against Fox News....
April 11, 2024
Europe Express
EU migration pact reaches denouement Premium content
...“If we look at the big, responsible political groups, I expect a very strong majority,” said Tomas Tobé of the centre-right European People’s party....
April 10, 2024
News in-depthSocial affairs
Support for change in law on assisted dying grows across the UK
...According to a poll published last month by Opinium on behalf of the campaign group Dignity in Dying, 75 per cent of people living in the UK support assisted dying....
April 6, 2024
Northern Ireland
UK law about N Ireland ‘Troubles’ breaches human rights, court rules
...The act, which became law last September, will scrap inquests into Troubles-era atrocities from May and offer perpetrators immunity from prosecution if they co-operate with a new Independent Commission for...
February 28, 2024
Climate change
ING faces threat of legal action from climate group behind Shell case
...The claim against ING argues that the bank has a “duty of care” under Dutch law to not create any danger that could lead to avoidable damage to property or personal injury....
January 19, 2024
FT Live
Innovative Lawyers Summit
Guiding business in a new global age
Wednesday, 11 SeptemberLondon, UK
Telegraph Media Group Ltd
UK government considers changes to the law to block Telegraph takeover
...introducing new powers to allow ministers to prevent a foreign state from owning a British news organisation, as pressure mounts from within the ruling Conservative party to block the takeover of Telegraph Media Group...
March 11, 2024
Angela Rayner
Police launch probe into claims Angela Rayner broke electoral law
...However, Scott Wortley, a lecturer in law at the University of Edinburgh, pointed out that any prosecution should have been launched within a year of the commission of an offence....
April 12, 2024
French politics
Emmanuel Macron backs ‘right to die’ law
...According to UK advocacy group Dignity in Dying, about 200mn people worldwide have legal access to some form of assisted dying....
March 11, 2024
Workplace diversity & equality
Biggest US law firms hired fewer diverse candidates amid DEI backlash
...A report on diversity within law firms published in January by the National Association for Law Placement also found that the percentage of people of colour represented among summer associates decreased...
March 7, 2024
Transcript
Transcript: The world in 2024
...And from New York, Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, one of the world’s leading political risk consultancies. 2023 ends on a fairly grim note with wars in Gaza and Ukraine still raging....
December 21, 2023
Energy Source
COP28 shines spotlight on nuclear power Premium content
...Plus, we have a new documentary on how US President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law changed the world....
December 7, 2023
US presidential election 2024
Donald Trump says abortion law should be left to states
...“The states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land, in this case, the law of the state,” Trump said in a video on the site....
April 8, 2024
Houthi movement
‘Thank God for the Houthis’: why Arab world is backing Yemen rebels
...The Houthis have been gaining new fans across the Arab world, many of whom know little about the Islamist group’s history or increasingly repressive tactics in their home country....
January 26, 2024
News in-depthClimate change
Pivotal case in UK law begins over climate protest at JPMorgan offices
...On Monday, five women from the climate action group Extinction Rebellion will face charges at Inner London Crown Court of criminal damage....
February 19, 2024
Reproductive rights
Arizona court bans almost all abortions in Trump-Biden swing state
...Trump’s pronouncement on Monday was seen as an effort to moderate the party’s position, given he declined to endorse a national abortion ban that many anti-abortion groups have called for....
April 9, 2024

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