Amid plaintiffs’ hurdles, Target settles breach suits for $10M
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Target Corp.’s $10 million settlement of a nationwide class action over its massive 2013 data breach comes as the lead plaintiffs attorney in the case said he faced major hurdles ahead. U.S….
McDonald’s employees not lovin’ workplace safety conditions
By Rebekah Mintzer, From Corporate Counsel Fast-food restaurants have been under a lot of scrutiny recently, with much of the pressure coming from their own employees. And McDonald’s Inc. is no exception. The golden arches have been the target of…
Missed deadline sinks AT&T’s $40 Million patent appeal
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — A split panel of the Federal Circuit refused Thursday to let Sidley Austin and another firm off the hook for waiting too long to appeal a $40 million patent judgment against…
Samuel West: ‘There’s plenty of money for the arts. It’s just that too much of it is in the Cayman Islands’
Interview by Fiona Maddocks From The Guardian UK The actor and director discusses Greek tragedy, geekdom, fatherhood and what he thinks of privately educated actors You’re currently directing April de Angelis’s new play After Electra in Plymouth. Why this play?…
Op-Ed: The Caribbean’s Final Court
By J. Emile Ferdinand, QC Op-Ed Contributor From Caribbean Journal The recent decision of the Privy Council granting an interim injunction, which forced the 2015 general election in St. Kitts and Nevis to be held on the existing old constituency…
ANZ, Bluescope, Incitec embroiled in $450m tax fraud by EY principal [Cayman Islands named]
By Neil Chenoweth From Financial Review A former Ernst & Young principal has been jailed for 11 years for his part in a $450 million tax fraud that involved the ANZ Bank and three of the bank’s corporate clients, Bluescope…
Cayman Islands Seafarers put on a swinging social
Georgina Wilcox The Cayman Islands Seafarers Association put on a real swinging social to welcome in the election of their new council last Tuesday (17) at the Seafarer’s Hall, Prospect, Grand Cayman. When I say swinging I mean swinging! After…
Another scorned U.S. ally turns to Russia
Aaron Klein From WND Quietly reaching out to arch enemy Saudi Arabia has quietly reached out to arch foe Russia in an attempt to temper Iran’s regional influence and reach a compromise on Tehran’s nuclear program, Middle Eastern defense officials…
Oxbridge ‘still deeply racist’: Universities branded ‘finishing school for private system’ by one of its own academies
By Eleanor Harding and Julie Henry for the Daily Mail UK Oxbridge branded ‘institutionally racist’ by one of its own academics Cambridge professor Diane Reay said universities were ‘finishing schools’ Oxbridge has been branded ‘institutionally racist’ and a ‘finishing school…