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Quotable Caribbean: Cayman Islands Shomari Scott and more… By Bevan Springer, Marketplace Excellence Corporation From The Bahamas Weekly “This award (Blue Flag certification of Trinidad’s Las Cuevas Beach) reaffirms TDC’s commitment to capitalizing on the value that sustainable growth and…
Judge hears Copyright fight over ‘Happy Birthday To You’
By Amanda Bronstad, from The National Law Journal In a court battle involving perhaps the only song more popular than “Blurred Lines,” a federal judge is set to decide whether a Los Angeles-based music publisher has unlawfully been collecting licensing…
Litigation lag reveals law firms making same mistakes
By Gina Passarella, From The Legal Intelligencer The slowdown in litigation facing the country’s largest law firms has not only raised the specter of layoffs, but has also revealed that firms have made some of the same old hiring decisions…
Atheist’s religious discrimination case gets second wind
By Saranac Hale Spencer, From The Legal Intelligencer A one-sentence section of Pennsylvania unemployment law has revived a religious discrimination claim brought in federal court by an atheist against his Christian employer. U.S. District Senior Judge Jan DuBois of the…
A tale of greed, avarice and money laundering in the Caribbean [Cayman Islands]
From Guyana Times While the talk of “cold cases” is in the air after President Donald Ramotar’s admonition to the Police, there is one “hot” case that is about to be concluded. It is the high-profile case from 2013 that…
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Cruise passenger goes overboard in the Florida Keys From WPTV MARATHON, Fla. – Search crews are looking for a man who either voluntarily jumped or fell from a cruise ship overnight near the Florida Keys, according to U.S. Coast Guard…
Capetonian Kellermann accused as kingpin of R200bn Belvedere Ponzi [Cayman Islands named]
By Alec Hogg From Fin24 Johannesburg – Cobus Kellermann, Stellenbosch University graduate now in his late 30s who runs Cape-based money manager Clarus Capital, has been fingered as a mastermind behind a massive global Ponzi scheme run out of Mauritius….
Cayman Islands law firm Walkers admits three new Caymanian attorneys
Grand Cayman – (19 March, 2015) – In a momentous week for the Walkers ‘Articled Clerk Training Programme’, Walkers is delighted to announce the admission of three new Caymanian attorneys at law. The admissions for Patrick McConvey, Arikka Ebanks and…
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….
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…





