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‘A hole in the market’: Scott + Scott opens in the City with plans to exploit conflicts and cash in on competition class actions

‘A hole in the market’: Scott + Scott opens in the City with plans to exploit conflicts and cash in on competition class actions
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Jaishree Kalia
10 September 2015
USCompetition

In anticipation of a boom in competition-based disputes as the Consumer Rights Act comes into force, US firm Scott+Scott is planning to kick-start its City offering by pursuing banks found guilty of manipulating the foreign exchange market in a multi-million pound lawsuit.

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