Jamille Sutton

August 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

British bank Standard Chartered Plc will pay $300 million to New York's financial regulator to settle accusations that it failed to notice high-risk transactions despite the fact that it agreed to reform its practices two years ago.

By Jamille Sutton

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August 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

While the Treasury Department assembles a list of administrative actions that would discourage American companies from reincorporating abroad to save on taxes, the Obama administration would need several weeks to consider its options, a Treasury Department official told Reuters.

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August 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Washington, D.C.-based Disruption Corporation, a venture fund that invests in startups, has become a registered investment adviser, according to the company's blog.

By Jamille Sutton

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August 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The global fast food restaurant chain Shake Shack, which began just a little over 10 years ago as a small hot dog stand in New York City's Madison Square Park, may be looking to go public, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

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August 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Ingersoll-Rand, the global maker of heating and air conditioning systems, has agreed to purchase Cameron International Corporation's centrifugal compression division for $850 million, the company announced Monday.

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August 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Alibaba Group Holding's initial public offering may be subject to additional scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission after the company said it had discovered questionable accounting activity with its acquired film company, Bloomberg News reports.

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August 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

ClubCorp Holdings Inc., the largest owner of golf and country clubs in America, announced on Wednesday that it would acquire Atlanta-based Sequoia Golf Holdings Inc. for $265 million, making its portfolio of clubs almost five times the size of its next largest competitor.

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August 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

After only two hours, a Massachusetts federal jury ruled in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission and concluded that the owner of Boston-based Sage Advisory Group LLC misled clients of his former employer's firm, convincing them to move to his new one, the SEC announced Wednesday.

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August 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A partner of an Atlanta-based accounting firm agreed to settle insider trading charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused him of trading in a restaurant's stock based on classified information he learned of when one of his clients on the board of directors came to him for tax advice, the SEC announced Thursday.

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August 14, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Robert Keyes, a senior officer in the Securities and Exchange Commission's New York Regional Office, will retire at the end of the month after 18 years of service, the agency announced on Tuesday.

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