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China sentences human rights lawyer to 2-year prison term

A prominent human rights lawyer in China, whose guilty plea came in what had been criticized as a sham trial, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for inciting subversion of state power, the Associated Press reports. During a brief hearing in the Intermediate People’s Court in the city…

Nov 27, 2017 7:00 AM CST

10 Questions: Judge and former NFL player Dwayne Woodruff

Judge Dwayne D. Woodruff, a former professional football player—and Super Bowl champion—Woodruff went to law school full-time while he played defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, after more than a decade on the court bench, Woodruff is running for a seat on the state supreme court.

Jun 1, 2017 4:00 AM CDT

ABA closes office in China while it measures the impact of new restrictions on NGO activities

In the wake of a new law threatening criminal prosecution of foreigners engaging in human and legal rights work in China, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative closed its Beijing office in December.

Mar 1, 2017 1:10 AM CST

China arm of King & Wood Mallesons explains collapse of European offices

The China management committee of King & Wood Mallesons has used a social media app to post a critique of failures that led to the demise of the European arm of the law firm. The message said a first recapitalization plan failed because of “a lack of core leadership and…

Jan 24, 2017 8:55 AM CST

Chinese human rights lawyer has been tortured in prison, his legal team says

Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang signed a false confession in detention in China after his captors beat him, deprived him of sleep and forced him into painful positions, according to interviews published by his lawyers. Xie told his lawyers he suffered a “complete mental breakdown” and signed the statement…

Jan 23, 2017 11:39 AM CST

Chinese lawyer Wang Yu given ABA International Human Rights Award in absentia

ABA leaders and members of China’s community of dissidents-in-exile living in the United States packed a meeting room at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco on Saturday morning for the presentation of the ABA’s inaugural International Human Rights Award. But one key figure was conspicuously absent from the…

Aug 6, 2016 4:36 PM CDT

Chinese human rights lawyer is sentenced to prison

A Chinese human rights lawyer will go to prison on a charge of subverting state power. The lawyer, Zhou Shifeng, was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) report. He was the…

Aug 4, 2016 3:40 PM CDT

Detained Chinese human rights lawyer who is due to receive ABA award issues ‘confession’

A jailed Chinese human rights lawyer who is due to receive the ABA’s first International Human Rights Award in absentia has reportedly been released on bail after delivering a videotaped “confession.” In the video released by Chinese media, Wang Yu said “foreign forces” were using her law firm, Fengrui, to…

Aug 1, 2016 11:35 AM CDT

Detained Chinese lawyer to receive inaugural ABA International Human Rights Award

The ABA has chosen detained Chinese lawyer Wang Yu to receive its first International Human Rights Award. The ABA announced the award on Friday, one year after Wang was detained in China as part of a crackdown on hundreds of Chinese lawyers and human rights advocates, the ABA says in…

Jul 8, 2016 1:15 PM CDT

Solving Mysteries: Lawyers play detective in legal writing

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. begins his dissenting opinion from a denial of cert in Pennsylvania v. Dunlap this way:

May 1, 2016 2:00 AM CDT

China puts foreign groups under police supervision and requires them to find Chinese sponsors

China has passed a new law requiring foreign nongovernmental organizations—known as NGOs—to register with police and to find official Chinese sponsors. The law passed Thursday amid criticism by Western governments and foreign NGOs, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) and Reuters report. It takes effect Jan.…

Apr 29, 2016 2:35 PM CDT

SCOTUS antitrust ruling against dentists raises questions about lawyers’ regulatory structures

The organized bar is feeling pain from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a regulatory board for the dental profession in North Carolina doesn't have state-action immunity in a Federal Trade Commission antitrust action challenging the board's efforts to block nondentists from providing teeth-whitening services to consumers.

Apr 1, 2016 3:00 AM CDT

Detained Chinese rights lawyer is allowed to leave for US

A detained Chinese law professor who pushed for the adoption of a jury system in China has been allowed to leave the country for the United States. Charges were dropped against Chen Taihe, and he joined his wife and children in California on March 1, report the New York Times…

Mar 8, 2016 1:53 PM CST

China’s latest crackdown on lawyers is unprecedented, human rights monitors say

The attacks published in China's state-sponsored news media pulled no punches. Wang Yu is an "arrogant convict of a woman," screamed an op-ed article in one major newspaper. Wang Yu is a "hypocritical and false lawyer." Wang Yu is a "shrew."

Feb 1, 2016 12:10 AM CST

Letter from international legal community condemns arrests of Chinese lawyers

Prominent lawyers and former judges joined with presidents of international bar associations in condemning in a Monday letter the recent arrests of Chinese lawyers and associates. “You have repeatedly stated that ‘China is a country ruled by law,’ ” says the letter to Chinese president, Xi Jinping, which is published…

Jan 25, 2016 10:38 AM CST

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