478 ABA Journal Asia articles.
Foley & Lardner will expand into China with a Shanghai office led by a partner recruited from Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
Partner Catherine Sun jumped to Foley earlier this year…
Dec 6, 2007 4:06 PM CST
Although bar groups throughout the world, including the ABA, have made unprecedented efforts to lobby for the restoration of the rule of law in Pakistan, a deposed Pakistan supreme court…
Dec 5, 2007 11:22 PM CST
The president of the American Bar Association is calling on fellow attorneys to sign an online petition seeking the restoration of the rule of law in Pakistan.
“I urge you…
Dec 4, 2007 10:22 PM CST
A high-profile real estate lawyer from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom collapsed and died at an airport in Australia last week after a drug sniffing dog took an interest…
Dec 4, 2007 12:54 PM CST
A Japanese court has ordered the government to pay benefits to the widow of a Toyota employee because he died from overwork.
The court found that Kenichi Uchino had worked…
Nov 30, 2007 6:57 PM CST
Much like American law firms have beefed up their IP practices by hiring lawyers with engineering and scientific backgrounds, so too are legal process outsourcing companies in India.
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In an unusual example of Chinese company resorting to litigation to enforce its intellectual property abroad, a Beijing curd maker has won a trademark infringement suit against a German company.
…Nov 26, 2007 7:19 PM CST
Attorneys at major law firms in the United Kingdom are notably unhappy about their inability to open offices in India, and will continue to press for permission to establish a…
Nov 21, 2007 8:39 PM CST
Steamy sex scenes cut from the Chinese version of a World War II-era spy thriller set in Shanghai have prompted both warnings (for the many who have searched the Web…
Nov 20, 2007 6:45 PM CST
A former legal adviser to South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said in a statement released yesterday that he was once offered a bribe by Samsung. He is the second lawyer…
Nov 20, 2007 5:12 PM CST
Spectators laughed today when the lawyer for the first Khmer Rouge defendant to face charges for Cambodia’s killing fields said his client’s eight-year detention violated human rights.
The defendant, Kaing…
Nov 20, 2007 3:08 PM CST
U.K. law firm Lovells is expanding its Tokyo office with eight intellectual property lawyers from a Japanese firm.
The bengoshi lawyers are from the Kubota Law & Patent Office,
A charm offensive by the British bar has failed to win immediate permission from the Indian government for foreign lawyers to practice in what many consider the world capital of…
Nov 19, 2007 6:50 PM CST
As hundreds of lawyers in cities throughout the U.S. joined in peaceful protests today to support fellow attorneys in Pakistan, the legal system there continues in a chaotic state, particularly…
Nov 14, 2007 10:27 PM CST
Updated: In a highly unusual move, the American Bar Association is spearheading a lawyers’ march on Washington, D.C., tomorrow that is also being promoted by state and local bar associations…
Nov 13, 2007 9:42 PM CST
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