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Libor's long tail – lawyers jostle as bank scandals spread through the market

The new year may be a time to start afresh, but the Libor scandal that dominated business headlines in the second half of 2012 is – for advisers – showing no signs of abating. At Clifford Chance (CC), the news that its client Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is in the final stages of a settlement with US and UK regulators over its alleged Libor role means the firm's regulatory lawyers will have had a busy start to 2013.
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Daily Business Review

Kim Rothstein ready to plead guilty

Kim Rothstein is scheduled for a court hearing to plead guilty to hiding assets purchased through her husband Scott's Ponzi scheme.
2 minute read

International Edition

Debevoise takes Rolls-Royce role on SFO bribery and corruption probe

Debevoise & Plimpton is advising Rolls-Royce on a probe by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into bribery and corruption allegations involving intermediaries in overseas markets. Last week the company confirmed it had passed on information to the SFO regarding alleged malpractice in Indonesia, China and other countries.
2 minute read

International Edition

Pinsents leads on £5.6m settlement in Bribery Act self-reporting first

Pinsent Masons has advised on a £5.6m Bribery Act settlement by a Scottish drilling company, in the first case involving self-reporting by a company under the new legislation. The settlement comes after oil and gas services company Abbot Group this July admitted to Scotland's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) that it had benefited from corrupt payments made in connection with a contract between 2006 and 2007, entered into by one of its overseas subsidiaries and an overseas oil and gas company.
3 minute read

International Edition

All locked up - how large organisations tackle white collar crime

This Legal Week Benchmarker study on white collar crime, in association with Kingsley Napley, found regulatory issues are still a bugbear for many. Neasa MacErlean delves into the detail...
1 minute read

International Edition

Keoghs set to take on 17-strong insurance fraud team from Clydes in Manchester

Keoghs is poised to take on a team of around 17 insurance fraud fee-earners from Clyde & Co led by former Manchester fraud head Damian Ward, who quit the firm this summer. The team, which is expected to transfer over in the New Year, will join up with former Clydes Manchester head Dene Rowe after he joined Keoghs in June.
2 minute read

International Edition

The 98% solution - 'Natwest Three' banker David Bermingham on the harsh realities of US justice

'NatWest Three' banker David Bermingham argues that businesses and executives hugely underestimate the risks of being drawn into a heavy-handed US justice system
12 minute read

International Edition

3RB and 2 Hare Court lead as ex-City trader gets 13 years for fraud

Three Raymond Buildings (3RB) and 2 Hare Court have played key roles in a major fraud trial which has seen former City trader Nicholas Levene jailed for 13 years. Levene was sentenced today (5 November) at Southwark Crown Court after pleading guilty on 24 September to 12 counts of fraud, one count of false accounting and one count of obtaining a money transfer by deception, all of which took place between 2005 and 2009.
2 minute read

International Edition

Ex-Hogan Lovells partner struck off following jail sentence for fraud

Former Hogan Lovells litigation partner Christopher Grierson has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after defrauding the firm of £1.3m in false travel expenses. Grierson was yesterday (1 November) struck off the solicitors' roll by the SDT and was ordered to pay £14,000.
2 minute read

International Edition

Govt confirms plans for plea bargain deals in corporate crime crackdown

The Government is to press ahead with controversial reforms to usher in plea bargaining for corporates in what legal advisers regard as a major step towards US-style white collar crime enforcement in the UK. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) today (23 October) said that it would legislate to bring in so-called deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in the UK in what the ministry dubbed an "important new tool to combat economic crime".
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