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CE 17 juillet 2013 M. A. nº 362481 (extrait) Elements Cles: Une sanction infligée en première instance par une juridiction disciplinaire ne peut être aggravée par le juge d'appel saisi du seul recours de la personne frappée par la sanction, juge le Conseil d'Etat. Il précise que cette règle qui résulte des principes généraux du droit disciplinaire s'applique y compris dans le cas où le juge d'appel, après avoir annulé la décision de première instance, se prononce par voie d'évocation. Relative à la compétence du juge d'appel, cette règle relève de l'ordre public et sa méconnaissance peut en conséquence être invoquée à tout moment de la procédure. Il appartient, le cas échéant, au juge de cassation de la relever d'office.   En l'espèce, le requérant avait été exclu, par une…

  El Consejo General de la Abogacía Española ha manifestado su rotundo rechazo a la nueva Ley de Colegios Profesionales aprobada el pasado viernes en Consejo de Ministro, ya que considera que supone un claro intento de dividir la profesión entre abogado y asesor jurídico, figura que no necesita una colegiación obligatoria.   El organismo alerta, además, de que la nueva normativa será perjudicial para los ciudadanos ya que, sin la obligatoriedad de la colegiación, será más difícil asegurar una calidad de los servicios legales.   El Consejo de la Abogacía cree que la nueva ley provocará falta de seguridad jurídica y la pérdida de la confianza de los ciudadanos en los asesores jurídicos, que carecerán de la garantía que ofrece la exigencia formativa de los abogados y su incorporación a un…

  Federal investigators are reviewing Ebix Inc. (EBIX)’s cross-border financial transactions to see whether the Atlanta-based software company engaged in money laundering, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.   Ebix fell 88 cents to $10.91 or 7 percent in Nasdaq Stock Market trading yesterday. The shares fell almost 30 percent earlier in the day.   The focus on the company’s wire transfers around the globe follows the June disclosure by Ebix that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta had begun an investigation into “allegations of intentional misconduct.”   The U.S. Attorney’s investigation upended a plan by Ebix Chief Executive Officer Robin Raina to take the company private. Ebix, which sells management software to insurance companies, had proposed a $820-million deal financed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. In May, Ebix had…

  When newspaper reporters retire, they are presented with dummy front pages in which their departure is the lead story. When a television journalist moves on, guests at the leaving party are shown a mock news bulletin in which a newsreader introduces the reporter's greatest hits. And when judges retire, they preside over a special valedictory hearing during which barristers address the court and remind those present of judgments that the judge would rather have forgotten.   The valedictory for Lord Judge, ahead of his retirement as lord chief justice of England and Wales, was very different. So many people wanted to come that the event was invitation-only, with the guest list capped at 280. High court judges had to sit in the well of the court. Appeal judges had…

[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Tuesday filed suit [complaint, PDF] against Bank of America (BOA) [corporate website] in the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina [official website], claiming the corporation misled investors about securitized loans worth more than $850 million. The complaint alleges that BOA deceived investors regarding the level of risk [Bloomberg report] associated with their products—specifically, the mortgage loans supporting the residential mortgage-backed securities. US Attorney Anne Tompkins elaborated on the DOJ's position,stating [press release]: Bank of America's reckless and fraudulent origination and securitization practices in the lead-up to the financial crisis caused significant losses to investors. Now, Bank of America will have to face the consequences of its actions. We have made a commitment to the American people to hold financial institutions accountable for practices that violated the law…

  The court of appeal has rejected a request by a paralysed man that doctors should be allowed to help him die.   Paul Lamb, 57, from Leeds, had taken on the "right to die" case originally brought by Tony Nicklinson, a sufferer of "locked-in syndrome" who died last year, and a week after losing his high court euthanasia battle.   Nicklinson's widow, Jane, supported the appeal against the previous judgment which, she said, had condemned her husband to a life he no longer wanted to lead. Both want to overturn the prohibition on doctors helping to end the lives of their patients.   By a two-to-one majority, however, the judges did uphold another appeal by a man, known only as Martin, who is suffering from "locked-in syndrome". He is seeking clearer guidance…

  Former Baker & McKenzie LLP partner Martin Weisberg, who admitted to stealing from a client and taking part in a $55 million securities fraud, was sentenced to two years in prison, the U.S. said.   Weisberg, 62, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money laundering in May 2012 after prosecutors alleged he skimmed $1.3 million in interest from an escrow account for a hedge fund client, SIAM Capital Management. Separately, Weisberg joined a scheme to manipulate the stock price of technology firms Xybernaut Corp. and Ramp Corp. prosecutors said.   “Instead of using his talents to provide wise counsel, he lied to and stole from his own clients, lied to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and betrayed the investing public,” BrooklynU.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement.   U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis…

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), the biggest U.S. bank, was sued with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Glencore Xstrata Plc (GLEN) over claims they restrained aluminum supplies and drove up prices.   The complaint was filed by a Jacksonville, Florida, direct purchaser, Master Screens Inc., and by individual plaintiff Daniel Price Bart of Tallahassee, who is described in the filing as a “purchaser of beverages sold in aluminum cans.”   The banks and Glencore are accused in the complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Tallahassee of racketeering and conspiring with the London Metal Exchange, hoarding aluminum in Detroit-area warehouses and violating federal antitrust laws. Goldman Sachs was sued on Aug. 1 over similar claims by a Michigan company.   “By inserting itself into a healthy industry producing widely needed commodities, severely degrading functionality and…

O novo marco normativo do Direito Concorrencial brasileiro, vigente há dois anos, promoveu o endurecimento do combate aos grandes cartéis feito pelo Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (Cade), mas deixou evidente a necessidade de difusão da cultura antitruste dentro do Ministério Público. A conclusão foi discutida em seminário organizado pelo Instituto Internacional de Estudos de Direito do Estado (Iiede), sobre a Lei 12.529, de maio de 2011, que reorganizou a estrutura administrativa das agências responsáveis por validar as operações de fusão e investigar a formação de cartéis no país. O evento, intitulado "Devido Processo Regulatório no Cade - A Nova Lei de Defesa da Concorrência em Debate", reuniu na última sexta-feira (2/8), na sede da Fecomercio, no Rio de Janeiro, membros e ex-membros do Cade, advogados, professores, representantes do Ministério Público e da…

Fábio Medina Osório e convidados abriram o seminário do IIEDE/CADE no Rio de Janeiro. Foto: Eduardo Carvalho/Divulgação. A Lei nº 12.529/11, que reformulou o Sistema Brasileiro de Defesa da Concorrência (SBDC), e entrou em vigor no dia 29.05,2012, tornou mais eficaz a atuação do Conselho Administrativo de Defesa da Concorrência – CADE. Estas mudanças na legislação foram o tema do seminário "Devido Processo Regulatório no CADE - A Nova Lei de Defesa da Concorrência em Debate", realizado no último dia 2 de agosto, no auditório da Federação do Comércio, no Rio de Janeiro, em comemoração aos 10 anos do Instituto Internacional de Estudos de Direito do Estado – IIEDE. O evento, apoiado por órgãos como o próprio CADE e a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, entre outros, expressou a preocupação da sociedade civil em…