Willkie Adds Ex-DLA Piper Restructuring Partner In Chicago – Law360

Law360 (June 10, 2021, 5:43 PM EDT) — Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced it has hired an attorney from DLA Piper who has significant experience helping clients with investments and debt reorganizations and will be the first finance and restructuring partner based in the firm’s year-old Chicago office. Melainie Mansfield joined Willkie’s business reorganization…

Yellen says ‘concerned’ debt relief could aid Chinese lenders – Yahoo News Australia

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday she was concerned that Chinese lenders could benefit from an international debt relief initiative aimed at poor countries. In April, G20 countries including the United States agreed to extend until December a moratorium on debt interest payments for the poorest nations, amid fears they will lag behind in…

Caritas tells G7 leaders debt relief is key to global COVID-19 recovery – Angelus News

The world cannot recover from the health and economic crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and tackle climate change without debt relief for the world’s poorest countries, said the secretary-general of Caritas Internationalis. As the leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations prepared to meet for the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, Caritas insisted their agenda could…

Problem gambling now a huge risk for Crown – The Australian Financial Review

It spent $2.5 billion at its Melbourne casino on marketing, for example including loyalty programs, freebies on accommodation and hospitality, advertising, rebates and other measures and just $1.9 million on its responsible gaming program. For the tens of thousands of guests that visited Crown in its pre-COVID-19 pomp, just 12 responsible gambling officers roamed the…

Feds: Dennis Blieden stole from firm representing influencers, used it to pay gambling debts – The Cincinnati Enquirer

CLOSE A man with Cincinnati ties is heading to federal prison for embezzling more than $22 million from his employer and then using the stolen money for personal expenses and gambling. Dennis Blieden, 31, of Cincinnati, formerly of Santa Monica, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Andr Birotte Jr., who ordered him to…