107 ABA Journal South America articles.
Oct 13, 2022 11:13 AM CDT
Dec 3, 2021 9:45 AM CST
When countries lack the capacity to stop violence and corruption, and their legal and law enforcement systems lack the ability to hold perpetrators responsible, their people often have no other choice but to seek protection elsewhere.
Nov 1, 2019 4:10 AM CDT
Jul 17, 2018 3:26 PM CDT
Feb 26, 2018 7:00 AM CST
Sep 24, 2017 7:53 PM CDT
It’s 2017, and we are all cyborgs. Don’t believe me? What’s the capital of Kyrgyzstan? You just thought about reaching for your smartphone—your auxiliary brain—to look it up, didn’t you?…
Jan 1, 2017 1:30 AM CST
U.S. Swimmier Ryan Lochte has been indicted in Brazil on a charge of filing a false police report in connection with his claims of being an armed robbery victim.
Police…
Aug 26, 2016 9:24 AM CDT
Updated: U.S. swimmer Jimmy Feigen has agreed to pay $10,800 to a Brazilian charity to avoid charges in connection with allegedly false claims of an armed robbery in Rio, his…
Aug 19, 2016 8:08 AM CDT
Updated: An anonymous police official has told news organizations that four U.S. swimmers in Rio were not held up at gunpoint early Sunday, but they were confronted by an armed…
Aug 18, 2016 9:29 AM CDT
A Brazilian judge has ordered the seizure of passports for U.S. Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen while noting “possible divergences” in their accounts of an armed holdup last…
Aug 17, 2016 1:23 PM CDT
A Greek lawyer who runs marathons didn’t know he had qualified for the Rio Olympics until he checked out a list of the athletes who would be competing for his…
Aug 5, 2016 9:19 AM CDT
A London-based international law firm plans to open its sixth U.S. office by acquiring an 18-attorney Miami, Florida, corporate litigation boutique.
Clyde & Co. announced the deal with
Facebook Inc.’s top executive in Latin America was held for questioning on a Brazilian judge’s order on Tuesday, after the company allegedly failed to cooperate by providing WhatsApp information in…
Mar 1, 2016 1:10 PM CST
Two suspects have been arrested in the slaying less than two weeks ago of an American corporate lawyer practicing in Venezuela.
The South American country’s attorney general, Luisa Ortega Díaz,…
Aug 19, 2015 3:30 PM CDT
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