178 ABA Journal Middle East articles.
It isn’t just bank customers who can see their funds vanish in a short time, with little or no recourse, when hackers take over their accounts.
As a $45 million…
May 13, 2013 4:35 PM CDT
A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, who is accused of playing a major role in al-Qaida as a spokesman and propagandist, has reportedly been captured abroad and extradited to the…
Mar 7, 2013 7:45 PM CST
Hila Ben-Baruch knew she had parked her car legally on a Tel Aviv street on Sunday. But when she returned to get it the vehicle was gone and a new…
Feb 8, 2013 12:05 PM CST
Lawyers in Pakistan received widespread notice when their protests led to reinstatement of the nation’s chief justice and called attention to an…
Nov 12, 2012 2:09 PM CST
British bank Standard Chartered has struck a deal to pay $340 million to New York’s top banking regulator to settle claims that it laundered billions of dollars for Iran and…
Aug 15, 2012 12:05 PM CDT
Taking on sectarian cases is risky business for lawyers in Iraq.
Lawyers face threats, intimidation and worse. Reuters reports the death toll for lawyers is on the rise.
…Aug 14, 2012 1:17 PM CDT
The Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School is assisting with a plan by the Qatar Foundation to establish a law school at Hamad bin Khalifa University…
Jul 30, 2012 9:47 PM CDT
An Iranian lawyer has been sentenced to nine years in prison for defending clients facing the death penalty.
In a telephone interview from Tehran, attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the…
May 9, 2012 8:25 PM CDT
Updated: There is news Friday that at least 12 more partners are exiting from the troubled Dewey & LeBoeuf, which has already lost about one-third of its partners in 2012.
…May 4, 2012 7:18 PM CDT
As Dewey & LeBoeuf appears to be moving forward with negotiations with its lenders to allow the firm to reduce its partner roster while continuing to maintain its hefty financing,…
Apr 19, 2012 10:53 PM CDT
After a 12-lawyer leap from the Dubai office of Dewey & LeBoeuf to Dechert earlier this week, the firm is restructuring its Middle East practice and could close offices in…
Apr 18, 2012 6:22 PM CDT
Jan 1, 2012 10:20 AM CST
A third-year Emory University law student who was arrested in Egypt earlier this year and accused of spying for Israel has been freed and the case against him has been…
Oct 27, 2011 6:33 PM CDT
Law firm partner Sally Woodward at Shutts & Bowen in Tampa worked into the early morning hours on Thursday on a contract for a client, a government…
Oct 21, 2011 3:51 PM CDT
Updated: A woman who defied a religious and cultural ban by driving in Saudi Arabia was initially sentenced to 10 lashes in a landmark case in the ultraconservative Muslim county.
…Sep 29, 2011 1:50 PM CDT
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