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What next in the battle for control of eBook prices?

  • RPC
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • July 18 2012

Anti-trust investigations in both the US and the EU into the pricing and distribution models for eBooks have cast a number of issues firmly into the spotlight

Madoff and Stanford: new ways of resolving the same old issues

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 3 2010

The arrests of Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford in December 2008 and June 2009 respectively, and the resulting litigation and investigations, have prompted a raft of notifications to D&O, PI and FidelityBBB policies since late 2008

The end of "f-cubed" claims

  • RPC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 5 2010

On 24 June 2010, in a historic decision, the US Supreme Court swept away four decades of case law and categorically rejected a highly vexatious species of class action litigation, namely "f-cubed" securities law suits

What are the potential risks associated with BIM?

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 13 2013

This blog will consider the potential risks associated with BIM, but don't worry we provide some practical advice on how these risks can be tackled in

US-listed Chinese companies: bump-up claims

  • RPC
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • July 11 2012

Many of the 400 or so Chinese companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are thinking twice about retaining their NYSE listing

Sub-prime special briefing

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 30 2007

The recent turmoil in capital and credit markets was caused by the US sub-prime crisis but its effects have been world-wide

Parmalat - complaints against accountants thrown out

  • RPC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2007

US judge Lewis Kaplan has dismissed complaints made by two of the subsidiaries of Parmalat against several accounting firms and banks, following Parmalat’s collapse in 2003

US Supreme Court maintains protection for accountants

  • RPC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2008

In January 2008, the US Supreme Court handed down judgment in Stoneridge Investment Partners v Atlanta Inc, a case described as the “biggest securities-litigation court clash in a generation”

Sub-prime: are accountants in the firing line?

  • RPC
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • November 29 2007

As sub-prime casualties begin to mount, John Bruce considers whether accountants and auditors could find themselves the target of litigation

Don’t wait for enlightenment

  • RPC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 30 2008

Rights of light are coming further and further into the spotlight as urban development space remains at a premium, forcing schemes to get taller and closer