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BBVA Compass sued for alleged labor law violations
Lee & Braziel LLP is a law firm based in Dallas. Rowdy Meeks Legal Group LLC is a law firm based in Kansas City, Mo. BBVA Compass, the US banking arm of Spanish-based financial giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, is based in Birmingham, Ala.,
Updated: 02/03/2012 02:06P
Spanish government reveals plan to restrict abortion, help pregnant mothers
Under pressure from both sides in the debate, the People's Party has indicated that it will return the country to the law that existed before the Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) reform in 2010, which allows abortion on demand during the first
Updated: 02/03/2012 01:50P
Spain wants banks to set aside 50 billion
This in turn was causing "a contraction of credit", meaning fewer loans for businesses and individuals, he told reporters. He added that the new law would cap the salaries for the heads of banks that have received public aid at 600000 a year.
Updated: 02/03/2012 01:24P
Spanish government plans to relax green laws
Spain's new centre-right government wants to reform major areas of environmental legislation to ensure it "does not act as an obstacle to economic development", environment minister Miguel Arias Caete told MPs on Wednesday.
Updated: 02/03/2012 01:18P
Baker & McKenzie Boosts Spain Practice By Adding Former Garrigues MP
Baker & McKenzie has bolstered its Spanish practice with the hire of senior arbitrator Jos Mara Alonso Puig from leading local firm Garrigues, The Am Law Daily has learned. Alonso spent nine years as managing partner of the 2000-lawyer Spanish
Updated: 02/03/2012 12:21P
Spain forces banks to cover toxic loans
Photo / AP Spanish banks must raise an additional 50 billion ($79 billion) to cover their exposure to toxic real estate loans and assets accumulated during a construction boom that went bust with the financial crisis, according to new regulations
Updated: 02/03/2012 11:50A
Spain launches 50 bn euro bank reform
Spain's conservative government Friday launched a major clean-up of the country's troubled banks, approving a law that obliges them to set up a financial safety net totalling 50 billion euros ($65 billion). It also moved to heal another weak point in
Updated: 02/03/2012 11:38A
Banks tailor loans for ECB repo
A recent 2bn refinancing for Italian power company Enel was presented to banks under Italian law, one banker said, and top Spanish companies including Gas Natural have also discussed similar loans. The move, which is worrying other international banks
Updated: 02/03/2012 11:25A
03/02/2012Spain launches 50 bn euro bank reform
Spain's conservative government Friday launched a major clean-up of the country's troubled banks, approving a law that obliges them to set up a financial safety net totalling 50 billion euros ($65 billion). It also moved to heal another weak point in
Updated: 02/03/2012 11:24A
Spanish justice on trial
The far right groups including 'Manos Limpias – Clean Hands' who brought the case against Garzn would argue: because he has gone against Spain's Amnesty Law, which was introduced in 1977. Amnesty International, meanwhile, has labelled the Garzn trial
Updated: 02/03/2012 10:02A
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