As governments respond, beware Covid-19 power grabs April 1, 2020 In the midst of the financial crisis of 2008, Rahm Emanuel, soon-to-be chief of staff for US President-Elect Barack Obama, famously announced that “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” Emanuel was [...]
Huawei CFO’s arrest to be probed in Vancouver hearing September 23, 2019 Lawyers for Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou are set to probe her arrest in Vancouver airport during a court hearing today. Meng was arrested in December on suspicion of misleading banks and violating sanctions against Iran, and is now facing extradition to the US. Read more: Huawei drops lawsuit against US over seized equipment [...]
Fighting shadows: Each technology advance puts new weapons in the hands of cyber-criminals February 13, 2020 US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, talking about the benefits of openness and transparency, famously said that sunlight is the best disinfectant. And, conversely, we are all rightly suspicious of anything that hides in the shadows and conceals identity and motive. Global cybercrime is able to exploit technology to create anonymity and avoid accountability as [...]
Jerusalem review: Mark Rylance proves he is the leading actor of a generation in juggernaut play April 30, 2022 After Jerusalem premiered at the Royal Court in 2009 it began to generate a reputation as the greatest play of the 21st century. It’s hard to do justice to the level of prestige which has surrounded the show since; within theatre circles it is untouchable and nothing since – at least, no plays – have [...]
MPs push for law change to give shareholders and business owners more power to sue May 8, 2019 Shareholders and small business owners could be able to take direct legal action against parties they blame for causing them losses when their companies fall into insolvency, after a group of MPs called for radical changes to the law. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on fair business banking took to the Supreme Court yesterday in a [...]
Mike Lynch arrest: Autonomy CEO submits himself for arrest in US extradition case February 5, 2020 Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has this morning submitted himself for arrest in what his legal team said is a formality triggered by a US extradition request. Lynch – who is facing charges of securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy in the US related to the 2011 sale of Autonomy to Hewlett Packard (HP) – has [...]
Boris Johnson pays backhanded tribute to speaker John Bercow October 30, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid outgoing speaker John Bercow a backhanded compliment today when he compared him to lauded physicist Stephen Hawking. Johnson said Bercow has had the “longest retirement since Frank Sinatra” after the speaker announced on 9 September he would step down from the role. Read more: Brexit Party shows its election hand [...]
Now most Leavers say a Halloween Brexit won’t happen October 5, 2019 Only 35 per cent of Leave voters think Brexit will happen on 31 October according to a YouGov poll. The UK is due to leave the EU at the end of this month, but the number of Leave voters that think this will happen has fallen by 25 per cent, from 60 per cent, since [...]
The SEC vs Kik: The clarification crypto has been waiting for? September 25, 2019 Frustrations continue to ricochet through a crypto community yet to receive a clear legal framework that supports innovation of blockchain technology. Though effective, public policy has proven to be a slow pathway for change. In the context of digital tokens, a majority of the community asserts that policy has merely stretched the definition of a [...]
“The future might belong to India”: In conversation with Ebookers founder Dinesh Dhamija on the UK’s future ties with India July 5, 2023 Chris Jackson speaks to Dinesh Dhamija about the UK's sometimes complicated relationship with India - and where a trade deal might emerge from