| 10 things you need to know today | | | | | | | | | | | 8.Law firm involved in Panama Papers leak closing down | Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm whose 11.5 million leaked documents revealed how the world's super-rich hide financial assets, is shutting down at the end of March. The trove of documents, known as the Panama Papers, was published by an international consortium of journalists. The firm said in a statement that the "reputational damage" from the revelations, and the damage to many of its wealthy and powerful clients, left it with no option but to close. Since the publishing of the papers, the firm had cut back to a staff of 50, down from about 600 employees in 40 countries before the 2016 report, which won the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists a Pulitzer Prize it shared with McClatchy and The Miami Herald. [The Associated Press, ICIJ] | | 9.Vanessa Trump files to divorce Donald Trump Jr. | Vanessa Trump, President Trump's daughter-in-law, reportedly filed for divorce from Donald Trump Jr. in a Manhattan court on Thursday, Page Six and TMZ reported. The couple announced their separation in a joint statement, saying, "After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to go our separate ways." They said they still had "tremendous respect" for each other and that their five children "remain our top priority." Sources close to the couple had said their relationship had been "bad for a while," partly because Vanessa "hates politics and Don Jr. is gone all the time," TMZ reported. Vanessa Trump reportedly filed for an uncontested divorce, suggesting that no legal battle over custody of the children or the division of assets is expected. [Page Six, TMZ] | | | | | MOST POPULAR | | | CAPTURED: A PHOTO BLOG | Jacob Lambert | | | | | Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Unsubscribe from this list | Update subscription preferences | Privacy Policy © 2015 THE WEEK PUBLICATIONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE WEEK ® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OWNED BY FELIX DENNIS. | | |
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