US court revives gangster rap threat case
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a similar case, a California appeals court on Wednesday reinstated criminal charges against a man accused of threatening two sexual assault victims in…
REPORT: Attorney General of Texas indicted on securities fraud
By Jon Herskovitz And Dan Whitcomb, Reuters From Business Insider The attorney general of Texas has been indicted on securities fraud and other charges over an alleged scheme to mislead investors in a technology company, The New York Times and…
The Editor Speaks: Forensic accountants?
We have many, many accountants here in the Cayman Islands but apparently no forensic accountants. Well, if there are, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) won’t employ them. In a story that appeared Friday (31) in the Cayman Compass and…
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July – 6 October 2015 session are now to report on Monday, 3 August, 2015…
Argentinian businessman Alejandro Burzaco pleads not guilty to charges in FIFA scandal
By Christian Red , Michael O’keeffe New York Daily News An Argentinian businessman accused of offering millions of dollars in bribes to FIFA officials in exchange for media rights to soccer tournaments pleaded not guilty Friday in Brooklyn federal court….
Jack Warner ordered to pay nearly $900,000 for defaming Trinidad’s former attorney general
From CARIBBEAN360 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Friday July 31, 2015 – Comments embattled politician Jack Warner made almost two years ago could cost him almost TT$900,000 (US$141,748), after a High Court judge ruled that he pay compensation to former Cabinet…
Worldwide: general principles of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist
Article by John Gosling, Antonia Hardy, Daniel Wood, Garry Ferguson, Denise Wong, Nigel Weston and John Rogers From Walkers Walkers provides legal services from its offices in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London…
HBO’S August features in the Caribbean
The new six-part miniseries “Show Me a Hero” makes its debut Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan return with a third season of “Masters of Sex” HBO commemorates Emancipation Day Miami, FL – July 30, 2015 – August will be an…
MH370: Reunion debris discovery lifts hopes for missing flight clues
From The Australian A senior Malaysian official says that an object found in Reunion has been confirmed as “a domestic ladder” and is not a plane part, amid media reports that a new piece of plane debris was found on…
Gassed and trashed
From Animal Place An eyewitness account of how hens are killed on many California egg farms. The account below is from a rescue we did in 2013. The photo to the left is from a rescue we did in 2012…





