New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Sworn In to Office

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Bio

Dimitri Lascaris is a partner with the Canadian law firm of Siskinds where he heads the firms securities class actions practice. Before joining Siskinds, he practiced securities law in the New York and Paris offices of a major Wall Street law firm. Last year, he was named by Canadian Business Magazine as one of the 50 most influential business people in Canada, and was described by the Magazine as "the fiercest advocate for shareholder rights" in Canada. He is currently prosecuting numerous securities class actions in Canada, including the Sino-Forest class action in which his clients just negotiated the largest auditor settlement in Canadian history: a $117 million settlement with the accounting firm, Ernst & Young.

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New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Sworn In to OfficeSHARMINI PERIES, EXEC. PRODUCER, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Sharmini Peries, coming to you from Baltimore.

Without any delay, Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as prime minister at 4 p.m. on Monday in Athens--without a necktie. The SYRIZA leader had chosen to have a political oath administered instead of a religious one. The ministerial cabinet will be appointed and sworn in tomorrow.

Now joining us once again is Dimitri Lascaris. Dimitri is coming to us from Toronto, and he's a board member of The Real News Network. Dimitri is also a partner with the Canadian law firm Siskinds, where he heads the firm's securities class-action practice.

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