Finance Law

Knight Capital Group Inc. (KCG), the market maker that was driven to the verge of bankruptcy after a trading error, said last week’s mishap may cause more losses. Should its customers and trading partners lose confidence, Knight’s reputation and business may suffer, The Jersey City, New Jersey-based firm said in a government filing. Lawsuits and [...]

Annette Clark, dean of the Saint Louis University School of Law, resigned effective immediately. Greta Weiderman Web Editor- St. Louis Business Journal Email  | Twitter  | Facebook Annette Clark, the dean of the Saint Louis University School of Law, resigned Wednesday, effective immediately. Clark joined the law school in 2011 from the Seattle University School of Law. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson Public Schools students head back to class on Friday, and police will be out in full force to make sure drivers obey school bus safety laws. Last year, Mississippi lawmakers passed Nathan’s Law, which enhances penalties when drivers pass a stopped school bus while its lights are flashing and its stop [...]

<!– end javascript to email the article –>  Hiring of 25 year veteran Jennifer Stamps expands equipment finance footprint and adds energy, transportation, marine and large corporate expertise PR Newswire MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – BMO Harris Equipment Finance Company announced today that it has hired Jennifer Stamps to expand BMO Harris’ [...]

Annette Clark Saint Louis University School of Law has joined the list of schools that have seen their deans depart abruptly amid bitter disputes over money. Annette Clark resigned her deanship on August 8 — after a single year on the job — sending scathing letters to both the University President Lawrence Biondi and the [...]

<!– –> Tweet – A A A + Written by Mark Geary <!– –> In North Carolina, from 1999 to 2009, eight children died because a driver illegally passed a stopped bus. Two of those children were growing up here in the Triad. Dalton Folwell died in Forsyth County in May 1999. Nicholas Adkins died [...]

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David Millon David Millon, J. B. Stombock Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, took the helm as president of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) at its recent annual meeting. Millon will serve as president of the organization for the 2012-13 term. Founded in 1947, SEALS is an academic [...]

SALEM — For more than four years, the Salem School Department failed to follow public construction bidding laws on everything from elevator repairs to routine plumbing jobs, according to an investigation by the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley. The violations in procurement practices and public construction bid procedures occurred between October 2006 and December [...]

Thu Aug 9, 2012 1:53pm IST (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Aug 09 – Fitch Ratings has withdrawn its global rating criteria for project finance (PF) collateralised debt obligations (CDOs). The rating methodology for existing and new project finance CDO transactions will be based on the “Global Rating Criteria for Corporate [...]