Deutsche Bank AG paid a record $2.5 billion penalty to settle U.S. and British allegations that it manipulated interest rates, wrapping up a years-long investigation that was delayed by the German bank’s lack of cooperation with government authorities. As part of Thursday’s settlement, a Deutsche Bank unit in London pleaded guilty to U.S. Justice Department […]
MarketWatch – Courts Use Facebook to Serve Subpoenas and Divorce Papers, quoting Sy Reisman
April 7, 2015April 6, 2015 By Quentin Fottrell Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper granted permission to Ellanora Baidoo, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based nurse, to serve her estranged husband Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku with a divorce summons through a private message on Facebook. “This transmittal shall be repeated by plaintiff’s attorney to defendant once a week for three […]
Wall Street Journal – Judge: It’s OK to Serve Divorce Papers Via Facebook, quoting Sy Reisman
April 7, 2015April 6, 2015 By Brian R. Fitzgerald Defriending apparently isn’t the harshest blow that can be dealt on Facebook. A New York judge ruled that divorce papers can be served through a Facebook message. The ruling by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper allows a lawyer for 26-year-old nurse Ellanora Baidoo to serve the […]