483 ABA Journal Asia articles.
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
Thousands of lawyers in Pakistan have been jailed during the past 10 days, after the country’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declared a state of emergency Nov. 3. One of them…
Nov 13, 2007 12:50 AM CST
Even with the millions that a successful movie can make, Hollywood producers are watching their legal costs. So, instead of having high-priced U.S. law firms handle all of their entertainment…
Nov 12, 2007 9:15 PM CST
As an individual lawyer reportedly challenged, in the country’s highest court, the suspension of Pakistan’s constitutional system of government a little over a week ago, Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf,…
Nov 12, 2007 3:48 PM CST
Following Pakistan’s suspension of the constitution, firing of numerous appellate judges and arrest of as many as 3,000 lawyers during the past week, bar associations throughout the United States and…
Nov 9, 2007 5:40 PM CST
Four Pakistani men were charged today with treason for making anti-government speeches in the city of Karachi.
If convicted, the three politicians and a union leader potentially face the death…
Nov 8, 2007 4:47 PM CST
The former chief lawyer for Samsung Group has filed a legal complaint with South Korean prosecutors that alleges a bribery scheme and cover-up by chairman Lee Kun Hee.
Kim Yong…
Nov 7, 2007 6:45 PM CST
After a swiftly successful unprecedented Internet appeal for public help last month in identifying a child sex abuse suspect, an international law enforcement agency says it will use the technique…
Nov 6, 2007 5:38 PM CST
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
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