BBC under the microscope as culture secretary lays out Green Paper on corporation’s future
By Tim Chester from Mashable LONDON — The government laid out plans for a full review of the BBC Thursday, launching a Green Paper on the corporation’s future ahead of its charter renewal in 2016. Culture secretary John Whittingdale, who…
Caribbean can lead CONCACAF again despite scandal – CFU president
MIAMI | By Simon Evans From Reuters The Caribbean has been at the epicentre of the corruption scandal that has rocked FIFA, but the head of the region’s football body said there is no reason why another of their officials…
Mourant Ozannes’ International Trust and Private Client Conference set for 2 October 2015 in the Cayman Islands
Leading international law firm Mourant Ozannes is delighted to announce the date for its fifth International Trusts & Private Client Conference in the Cayman Islands. The event will be held on Friday 2 October 2015 at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman….
Cayman Finance thanks director Dan Scott for exemplary five year service
Cayman Finance today issued a statement thanking director Mr. Dan Scott for playing an instrumental role in growing the reputation of the Cayman Islands during his more than five years of service on the Cayman Finance board. “It has been…
Napkin nibbler settles SEC case involving Ex-Simpson Thacher clerk
By Brian Baxter, From The Am Law Daily The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it has formally settled its claims against mortgage banker Frank Tamayo, a cooperator in the agency’s insider trading case against former Simpson Thacher…
How not to leave a law firm
By Greg Land, From Daily Report Suit claims wiped files, missing clients, empty offices and an ‘I quit’ note Law firm dissolutions are often messy affairs, but a suit filed in Fulton County last month described the departure of two…
Judiciary in ‘disaster’ mode after OPM data breach
Zoe Tillman, From The National Law Journal Scope of breach “very unsettling,” chief judge of Washington’s federal district court said. Federal judges and judiciary employees were among the millions of federal employees whose personal information was compromised in a data…
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MLK Concert Series take a hit
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Once regarded as one of the best deals in Brooklyn, the annual Martin Luther King summer concert series returns with an abbreviated lineup that begins and end with only four performance dates. The…
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‘Wizard of Oz’ super-fan offers $1 million for Dorothy’s stolen ruby slippers
By Kimberly Truong From Mashable IMAGE: Rubyslippers In this April 10, 1996 file photo, the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” are shown on display during a media tour of the “America’s…
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Beggar’s mentality driving our need to be seen as poor
By Michael A. Dingwall Jamaica’s finance minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, is off to the Third International Conference for Financing and Development in Ethiopia. I understand that one of the issues that he will be looking at is the middle-income status…
