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178 ABA Journal Middle East articles.

Clifford Chance replaces Saudi Arabia office with new local alliance

Clifford Chance has taken the unusual step of replacing its office in Saudi Arabia in favor of an alliance with local firm, Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm.

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ABA condemns mass detentions and arrests of Turkish legal community

In the wake of a failed coup attempt by the Turkish military, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrested about 3,000 lawyers, judges and journalists in the country without charges or…

Lawyers apparently targeted in Pakistan hospital attack that killed more than 60

More than 60 people died in a suicide bombing on Monday at a hospital in Pakistan where lawyers had gathered to mourn a slain colleague.

The director of the hospital…

Mayer Brown sets up first Dubai office

Mayer Brown has opened an office in Dubai to serve as the hub of its Middle East practice.

On Wednesday, the firm announced in a press release that its…

George Clooney lookalike in video ad sparks legal battle between coffee competitors

A disclaimer on an Israeli Espresso Club video ad featuring a George Clooney lookalike tells viewers he’s not the famous Hollywood actor.

However, Nespresso, which uses the real George Clooney…

Was comparison of Turkish president to Gollum an illegal insult? Judge asks expert panel for opinion

A lawyer for a Turkish doctor accused of illegally insulting the country’s president made no headway with a free speech argument.

So lawyer Hicran Danisman is pursuing another line of…

Thousands mourn human rights lawyer killed during a press conference in Turkey

Thousands of people attended a funeral on Sunday for a Kurdish human rights lawyer fatally shot during a press conference in Turkey.

Lawyer Tahir Elci had led the Diyarbakir Bar…

New court at one of world’s busiest train stations will speed administration of justice

Railway police stand ready to ticket fare-dodgers and others who violate the rules at one of the busiest train stations in the world.

But a cumbersome judicial process, compared to…

DOJ: Hacking schemes ‘breathtaking in size and scope’ targeted 12 companies, got data on 100 million

Expanding charges in a case against two Israeli men and a U.S. citizen, a federal prosecutor on Tuesday unsealed a superseding indictment (PDF) and accused them of playing a…

Allen & Overy, first UK Magic Circle firm to open in Toronto, is closing its office there

Only a year after Allen & Overy became the first of London’s leading corporate law firms to open an office in Toronto, the so-called Magic Circle firm is closing the…

Businessman donates $10M to establish new Islamic law center at Yale Law School

A Saudi Arabian businessman with an estimated net worth of nearly $20 billion has donated $10 million to Yale Law School to establish an Islamic law center there.

“The contemporary…

14 years after Sept. 11 attacks, families of victims and others await justice

Fourteen years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the legal system is still dealing with those alleged to be responsible for the hijacked commercial airlines that crashed into the…

ISIS embraces sex slavery, using contracts and courts to govern the practice

ISIS—also known as the Islamic State group—has embraced sex slavery and is regulating the practice with sales contracts notarized by ISIS-run courts, according to a newspaper investigation.

The girls and…

UK trade envoy: ‘I’d give anything’ for the ABA to work with the Iraqi judiciary

‘I’d give anything to have the ABA work with the judiciary in Iraq,’ UK trade envoy says

The rule of law as embodied in the Magna Carta needs to be brought to the people who need it most, said Baroness Emma Nicholson during her luncheon speech at…

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