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Shearman Expands in China

Shearman & Sterling has opened a third office in China. The new location in Shanghai is the firm’s 20th office worldwide, the New York Law Journal reports. The firm already has offices in Beijing and Hong Kong. “The Shanghai office allows us to better serve clients in central and southern…

Jul 10, 2007 1:10 PM CDT

First Banana Workers Get US Court Trial

It has been some 30 years since thousands of banana workers in Central America claim to have been exposed to carcinogenic pesticides on plantations there. Intended to kill worms infesting the roots of banana trees, the pesticides dripped from the leaves onto unprotected workers and leached into the water supply…

Jul 9, 2007 6:00 PM CDT

China Drug Official Gets Death

A second Chinese food and drug official has been sentenced to death for accepting bribes from medical companies seeking approval for their products. The sentence against Cao Wenzhuang, a department director at the State Food and Drug Administration, may not be carried out, the Associated Press reports. Cao was given…

Jul 6, 2007 3:19 PM CDT

New China Labor Rules to be Enforced?

Long reputed as a haven for employers who engage in labor practices considered abusive in many countries, China appears to be on the verge of enforcing stringent new standards–particularly against foreign companies. Legislation enacted Friday that takes effect Jan. 1, 2008 imposes, among other new standards, a requirement that employment…

Jul 2, 2007 9:36 PM CDT

Pakistan’s Top Court to be Swept for Bugs

In a setback to efforts by Pakistan’s president to remove permanently from office the country’s top judge, the Pakistan Supreme Court has barred intelligence officers from ongoing hearings and ordered courtrooms and the homes of senior judges swept for secret listening devices. Giving credence to claims by Aitzaz Ahsan, lead…

Jul 2, 2007 5:47 PM CDT

July 1, 1997

Sun Sets on British Empire

Jul 1, 2007 9:00 PM CDT

More American Officials in Laos Plot?

It isn’t just the California National Guard that may have had at least a peripheral involvement in an alleged California-based plot to overthrow the communist government of Laos.” “Officials said their probe may extend to a former Wisconsin state senator, an unnamed congressman and the California Highway Patrol,” an AP…

Jun 7, 2007 5:37 PM CDT

The Avian Flu Time Bomb

The Legal System Will Play a Key Role in Planning the Response to a Possible Onslaught of the Virus

Nov 1, 2005 1:55 AM CST

Konichiwa, Bengoshi!

Japan Is Set to Relax Foreign Partnership Rules, and Competition for Mergers Is On

Jan 25, 2005 10:38 AM CST

Pacific Overtures

U.S. Firms Find the Asian Legal Market Tough to Crack

May 1, 2004 9:24 PM CDT

Networking for Referrals

Sending Cases to Other Lawyers Isn’t as Risky if You Know Their Qualifications

May 1, 2004 5:00 PM CDT

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