471 ABA Journal Asia articles.
Under house arrest but having somehow gained access to a cell phone, the ousted chief judge of the Pakistan supreme court urged the country’s lawyers today to continue to defy…
Nov 6, 2007 4:28 PM CST
The protesters wore conservative business suits today as thousands of lawyers throughout Pakistan clashed with authorities over the suspension of the constitution and the firing of the country’s chief judge,…
Nov 5, 2007 10:07 PM CST
Updated: Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, invoked emergency powers on Saturday, suspending the country’s constitution and firing the chief justice of its supreme court, who reportedly is under virtual house…
Nov 5, 2007 9:34 AM CST
China has announced 774 arrests in a crackdown on substandard goods designed to allay international fears about the nation’s food and product safety.
The arrests were the result of investigations…
Oct 31, 2007 1:14 PM CDT
Convicted yesterday by a jury of 48 murders and three attempted murders, a Russian serial killer says the crimes made him more powerful than those who found him guilty.
“Cops,…
Oct 25, 2007 4:04 PM CDT
As outsourcing American legal work to foreign attorneys in India becomes more and more common, U.S. lawyers need to give some thought to potential ethical pitfalls.
Because the Indian legal…
Oct 19, 2007 11:17 PM CDT
It isn’t just Thailand where a troubling trade in underage sex, involving the abuse of victims too young to consent, is widely reputed to exist.
Right here in the U.S.,…
Oct 19, 2007 5:24 PM CDT
Updated: A high-tech hunt featuring an unprecedented online Interpol appeal to the public for help has led to the arrest of a Canadian teacher who is allegedly the subject of…
Oct 19, 2007 4:42 PM CDT
Photographs of an alleged pedophile posted on the Internet by Interpol in what reportedly was the first such effort ever made by the international law enforcement agency have reaped immediate…
Oct 16, 2007 4:27 PM CDT
A Chinese human rights lawyer says he was abducted, beaten and warned to leave Beijing last weekend.
Li Heping told the New York Times that after…
Oct 3, 2007 3:35 PM CDT
The starting annual salary for a graduate of one of India’s top law schools working in an outsourced position for a major U.S. law firm is less than an American…
Oct 1, 2007 9:51 PM CDT
Inside India’s hottest legal outsourcing team
Oct 1, 2007 8:43 PM CDT
Saying that the Department of Homeland Security didn’t notice for months that its computer system had been attacked by hackers, a Congressman who works closely with the department is now…
Sep 24, 2007 7:12 PM CDT
Corrected: Two New York City-based corporate partners of Weil Gotshal & Manges are moving to Hong Kong to open a new firm office there, and the firm also plans a…
Sep 6, 2007 8:06 PM CDT
Abortions are illegal in the Philippines, but that doesn’t prevent women from having an estimated 500,000 annually. Some 80,000 reportedly are treated in hospitals each year for complications from induced…
Sep 5, 2007 3:29 PM CDT
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.
