Insolvency law specialist Nick Pike of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that in most situations business-related IP stored on electronic devices used by staff for work purposes will belong to the company. He said it is common for administrators to look to “secure and preserve” that IP when they are appointed following…
Gary R. Leistico of the Rinke Noonan firm on Feb. 15 notified the Ninth Judicial District Court that he withdrew from the Anderson Seed case. Leistico was the point of contact for the Andersons since their facilities went insolvent, creating millions in claims by farmers and elevators in South Dakota and North Dakota. Leistico led…
A company that illegally sold on personal information and plagued members of the public with more than 46m automated nuisance calls relating to Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling claims has received a record £350,000 fine. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO), the governments data protection regulator, handed out the largest fine in its history to Prodial,…
FIREBRAND politician George Galloway’s company Miranda Media has gone into compulsory liquidation with tax debts of £100,000. The London mayoral hopeful who founded the company in 2007, used the firm to process his earnings from London-based Iranian state TV channel, Press TV. Nick Nicholson, head of insolvency at Haslers, the Loughton-based accountancy outfit, who specialises…
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – Feb. 29, 2016) – MNP LTD. will acquire PwC Debt Solutions, the Atlantic Canada Personal Insolvency practice of PwC Canada (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) effective March 1, 2016. The Personal Insolvency practice of PwC in Atlantic Canada consists of 35 professionals and support staff located throughout 31 offices in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince…
VICTORIAN Mallee grain grower Trudy Ryan says a desire to create a viable grains industry for young people is behind her fight for improved security for farmers when writing grain sale contracts. As part of that she is looking at potential solutions such as insurance programs and trusts to stop the problem of non-payment in…
VICTORIAN Mallee grain grower Trudy Ryan says a desire to create a viable grains industry for young people is behind her fight for improved security for farmers when writing grain sale contracts. As part of that she is looking at potential solutions such as insurance programs and trusts to stop the problem of non-payment in…
Former Klan leader at center of latest GOP campaign joust LEESBURG, Va. (AP) Republican front-runner Donald Trump drew sharp criticism from his rivals in both parties Sunday for refusing to denounce an implicit endorsement from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, raising the specter of racism as the presidential campaign hits the South. Trump…
Billionaire Warren Buffett has taken a veiled swipe at US presidential hopeful Donald Trump in his much-anticipated letter to shareholders this weekend. The businessman and investors annual letter to shareholders is always a highly anticipated event thanks to his frank observations about life, business and politics. It also helps that Buffett is one of the richest…
Hoeness ponders Bayern return after prison release Berlin (AFP) – Disgraced ex-Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness is due to be released from prison on Monday as he contemplates a return to the club he built into a European powerhouse. The 64-year-old has served 21 months of his three-and-a-half year sentence for tax fraud. He was…