Craig Wright, fake Satoshi Nakamoto, faces UK prosecution July 18, 2024 Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who claimed to be Bitcoin’s inventor, faces referral to British prosecutors for alleged perjury.
Google vs the US Government: Tech giant in biggest antitrust trial in decades September 12, 2023 Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning on Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest US antitrust trial in a quarter century. Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove Google rigged the market in its [...]
City regulators urged to review Hong Kong’s ties to the London Metal Exchange September 11, 2023 City regulators must scrutinise the Hong Kong government's ties to the London Metal Exchange following China’s breaches of human rights and diplomatic agreements with the UK, a human rights group has demanded.
UK fraud office faces hefty bill after court finds wrongdoing led to ENRC bribery probe December 21, 2023 The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) faces a hefty multi-million pound bill after the High Court ruled today that the agency would not have opened an investigation into a Kazakh mining firm but for the wrongdoing of its officers.
How do changes to the Worker Protection Act impact employee wellbeing? June 13, 2024 Preparing for changes to the Worker Protection Act now can help safeguard employees’ health and mental wellbeing ahead of the new law in October.
Former BHS directors hit with multi-million pound ‘wrongful trading’ ruling June 11, 2024 In a landmark ruling, the High Court has delivered a damning verdict against the former directors of BHS Group, eight years after it collapsed
Uber: U-turn for company as it reverses back to a loss May 8, 2024 Uber said it swung to the loss due to the revaluation of its equity investments and the costs of legal settlements related to its drivers.
Letters: Traders, what’s up with WhatsApp? April 19, 2022 [Re: Whatsppp messages expose “Essex Boys” traders to multi-million US lawsuit, April 14] The lawsuit against eight “Essex Boys” traders”, accused of colluding to drive the price of oil down in order to make huge profits selling futures contracts, reinforces how it is possible for any message to get out over Whatsapp. All recorded in [...]
Music industry heavy hitters Sony and Universal join forces with artists including Katy Perry to combat AI exploitation April 5, 2024 With the rise of AI-generated music, the music industry is worried about the erosion of human creativity and fair compensation.
AerCap sues AIG for $3.5bn over aircraft lost in Russia July 12, 2022 AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft lessor, has recently sued AIG and other insurers following a $3.5bn all-risk claim filed in March over aircraft lost in Russia. The company argued in the UK’s High Court that insurers owed AerCap the amount as part of the “all risk” insurance policy it adopted. According to the Dublin-based company, [...]