Crispin Odey has sued the Financial Times at a London court after the newspaper published articles that contained a string of allegations of sexual misconduct against the well-known financier.
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Odey Sues FT For Libel After Sexual Misconduct Allegations

By Ronan Barnard

Crispin Odey has sued the Financial Times at a London court after the newspaper published articles that contained a string of allegations of sexual misconduct against the well-known financier.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Fights 10-Year Sentence In OneCoin Case

By Andrea Keckley

A former Locke Lord LLP partner urged the Second Circuit Wednesday to ax his 10-year prison sentence and conviction for laundering around $400 million in proceeds from the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, saying the case was contaminated by perjury and errors at the trial court level.

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Autonomy VP Declines To Take Stand As Fraud Trial Nears End

By Bonnie Eslinger

Testimony wrapped Thursday in a California federal criminal trial over claims that former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch and finance vice president Stephen Chamberlain duped HP into overpaying billions for the British tech company, as Chamberlain opted not to testify in his own defense after Lynch stepped off the witness stand.

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Bulgarian Fraudsters Get 25 Years For Major Benefits Scam

By Christopher Crosby

Five Bulgarian individuals were sentenced to more than 25 years in prison Thursday after admitting to making £54 million ($68.7 million) in fraudulent benefits claims, the largest-ever scam of its kind.

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LITIGATION

Divorcee Of Putin Ex-Son-In-Law Sues Investment Co. For £1M

By Eddie Beaver

The ex-wife of Vladimir Putin's former son-in-law has claimed that a venture capital firm owes her £1.1 million ($1.4 million) for allegedly failing to help her to secure her divorce proceedings and a $60 million prenuptial agreement.

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Co-Founder Says French Incubator Wants To 'Destroy' Him

By Sophia Dourou

A co-founder of a French incubator has urged a London court to throw out a claim brought against him by his former company over allegedly misappropriated funds, saying the aim of the "vexatious and oppressive" litigation was to "destroy" him.

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Russia Looks To Pause Ukrainian Bank's $1.1B Award Suit

By Joyce Hanson

Russia has asked a D.C. federal court to pause a case initiated by one of Ukraine's largest banks to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award against the Kremlin, saying it has renewed its efforts to annul the award before the French courts.

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Manager Claims Wealth Fund Has Shorted His Fees For Years

By Jamie Lennox

A wealth fund manager has sued his employer for £252,900 ($321,300) in missing management fees and bonuses, alleging at a London court that his trust in bosses meant he didn't realize they had underpaid him for several years.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Big Tech Must Help Reimburse Fraud Victims, City Group Says

By Joel Poultney

The next U.K. government should implement legislation that forces big tech and social media giants to shoulder some of the financial burden for victims of online fraud, a financial services trade group said Thursday.

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Freeze On UK Tax Thresholds Set To Expire in 2028, Hunt Says

By Josh White

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that the freeze on income tax thresholds will continue until 2028, despite promises by the Conservative government to reduce the overall taxation burden in the future.

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EU Adopts New AML Measures, Sets Up Supervisory Agency

By Sam Tabahriti

The Council of the European Union adopted anti-money laundering measures on Thursday in a move to close loopholes exploited by organized crime, which include setting up a dedicated agency to fight illicit financial activities across the bloc.

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EU Adopts Rules To Make Banks Withstand Economic Shock

By Alex Davidson

European Union negotiators formally adopted a raft of new rules on Thursday to make banks operating in the bloc more resilient against market downturns and economic shocks.

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PEOPLE

White & Case Hires 2 Latham Partners In Germany

By Hanna Vioque

White & Case LLP has added two partners from Latham & Watkins LLP with more than three decades worth of experience between them in capital markets to its Frankfurt office.

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Cahill Gordon

Clifford Chance

Covington & Burling

Essex Court Chambers

Gleiss Lutz

Harbottle & Lewis

Henderson Chambers

Latham & Watkins

Locke Lord

Marks & Sokolov

Quinn Emanuel

Steptoe LLP

White & Case

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

British Broadcasting Corp.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

Financial Times Group Ltd.

Google LLC

HP Inc.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Microsoft Corp.

Odey Asset Management LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Sberbank of Russia

TikTok Inc.

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Ombudsman Service

Permanent Court of Arbitration

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York