As California gas leak spews, suits pile up
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal As a massive natural gas leak just north of Los Angeles continues to surge, plaintiffs attorneys across the country are filing suit over medical problems and lost property values. The Oct. 23…
Clinton proposes tax penalty that would hit son-in-law’s Cayman Islands fund
BY: Morgan Chalfant From The Washington Free Beacon Hillary Clinton previewed tax penalties Monday that would hit a Cayman Islands hedge fund run by Marc Mezvinsky, her son-in-law. Clinton’s tax proposal, the Washington Examiner first reported, would penalize investments in…
Standard Chartered: Oil poised to plunge to $10 a barrel
From Newsmax One bearish investment bank now warns that the price of oil may continue to plunge until it hits $10 a barrel. Standard Chartered became the latest major bank to downgrade its oil outlook, predicting crude will tumble to $10….
Equiom Group acquires Vivat Trust & Corporate Services Limited
By Lisa Corkish From manx.net Equiom Group acquires Vivat Trust & Corporate Services Limited – picture International trust and corporate services provider, Equiom has expanded its Jersey business following the acquisition of Vivat Trust & Corporate Services Limited, an independent…
A new edge in fighting cancer for Caribbean patients
Radiosurgery treatments can be performed with precision and speed, often in just a few minutes per day In a promising development for cancer patients in the Caribbean region, North Shore Medical Center is the first hospital in Miami to install…
Cayman Islands report 2015 was a good year for tourism
2015: Year of Progress for Tourism Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (12 January 2016) In 2015, the Cayman Islands created unique Caymankind experiences for over 2.1 million visitors, who engaged first-hand with why the destination continues to be recognised as the…
US survey of women finds rampant sexism in tech. Can it be fixed?
By Rebekah Mintzer, Corporate Counsel Ellen Pao may have lost her gender discrimination case against famed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, but she did succeed in triggering a national conversation about women’s treatment in the workplace, especially in the…
US Jury hears two vastly different portrayals of GM plaintiff
By Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal Plaintiff Robert Scheuer is either the victim of a heartless General Motors cover-up of faulty ignition switches or a man trying to blame GM for injuries he suffered long before his 2014 car…
Pfizer raised the price of over 100 drugs this year
By Deena Beasley, Reuters From Business Insider Pfizer Inc. on Jan. 1 raised U.S. prices for more than 100 of its drugs, some by as much as 20 percent, according to statistics compiled by global information services company Wolters Kluwer. Pfizer…
Blatter, Platini now free to appeal bans: FIFA ethics committee
AFP From Times of India GENEVA: FIFA’s ethics tribunal said Saturday it had provided Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini with the reasons for its decision to ban them from football for eight years, clearing the way for them to appeal…
