China

Travel Agent’s Input Led to New Houston Office for Blank Rome

Blank Rome uses one agency to make arrangements for lawyers traveling on business. So when the firm was deciding where to focus its latest expansion efforts, it sought input from the Lawyers Travel Service, co-chairman Alan Hoffman tells the Law & Finance blog of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The travel…

Jun 7, 2010 4:08 PM CDT

Seeming Case-Related Slayings This Week: 3 Judges, 2 Clerks, 1 Lawyer, 11 Others

A magistrate judge and a court clerk were shot to death today in Belgium as they were in a courtroom working on a civil case near the Palais de Justice in Brussels. It is the first time in the country’s history that a magistrate has been killed in a courtroom,…

Jun 3, 2010 7:06 PM CDT

Chinese Law Firm Opens Silicon Valley Office With 2 Perkins Coie Partners

A leading Chinese law firm has opened a Silicon Valley office staffed by the former managing partners of the Perkins Coie law offices in Beijing and Shanghai. In addition to James Zhu and Zhaohui “Zoe” Wang, the Beijing-based Jun He Law Offices has also hired former Jones Day counsel Steven…

Jun 3, 2010 1:55 PM CDT

Gunman Kills at Least 2 Judges, Wounds Workers in China Courthouse

Angry over the property settlement in his divorce case three years ago, a bank guard shot and killed three judges in a different court in China today as they met to discuss a case. Zhu Jun, 46, also wounded three other court workers before killing himself, reports Agence France-Presse. However,…

Jun 1, 2010 1:48 PM CDT

7 Homeowners Awarded $2.6M in Chinese Drywall Suit

In a ruling that is expected to provide guidance for determining potential damages in more than 2,000 similar federal lawsuits filed by other homeowners, a federal judge in New Orleans today awarded $2.6 million to seven homeowners who alleged that their houses were damaged by the installation of drywall manufactured…

Apr 8, 2010 6:14 PM CDT

Law International Style: Steptoe to Ramp Up in Beijing, DLA in Brazil, K&L Gates in Warsaw

Announcing a new step forward in its strategic plan for Latin America, DLA Piper says it has formed an alliance with Campos Mello Advogados in Brazil. The firm currently has 60 professionals and is expected to expand in Sao Paulo soon. “This arrangement is a great beginning for us in…

Mar 1, 2010 9:47 PM CST

Hong Kong Lawyer Known for Lavish Lifestyle and Golden Toilet Has Died

Chau Kai-bong, a lawyer and flamboyant Hong Kong socialite known for owning a golden toilet and who was often seen traveling with his wife Brenda in their pink Rolls Royce has died of cancer. He was 75. Chau, who earned his law degree at Cambridge before starting his law practice…

Feb 10, 2010 3:35 PM CST

Winston & Strawn Opens Two More China Offices

Winston & Strawn is planning to open offices in Beijing and Shanghai after getting approval for the expansion by the country’s Ministry of Justice. The law firm opened an office in Hong Kong at the end of 2008. The new offices represent “the next step in a remarkable period of…

Nov 17, 2009 7:11 PM CST

Chinese Officials Steal & Sell Babies for Adoption for $3K Each, L.A. Times Says

There are strict laws in China about how many children married couples can have. Officials have the power to order abortions and sterilizations and, once a baby is born, heavy fines can be levied if a family’s quota of one to two children is exceeded. However, government officials don’t have…

Sep 21, 2009 7:42 PM CDT

Kirkland & Ellis to Open 2nd Office in Asia

Kirkland & Ellis plans to open a second China office—which will also be its second office in Asia—in November. The new Shanghai outpost will complement the Chicago-based law firm’s existing Hong Kong office, which opened in 2006, and will be headed by Xiaoyang “XY” Li. Now a Hong Kong private…

Sep 1, 2009 6:12 PM CDT

China ‘Disbars’ Human Rights Lawyers by Letting Licenses Lapse

Yitong Law Firm, which has become one of China’s fiercest and most vocal advocates for human rights, may find it has lost its voice. Since the beginning of this year, authorities in China have quietly been forcing firms, including Yitong, to shut down, the Washington Post reports. Yitong is well-known…

Jun 26, 2009 10:35 AM CDT

5 Lawyers from Bryan Cave Start New Practice Group for Morris Manning

Morris Manning & Martin has hired a five-lawyer group from Bryan Cave. It will establish a new timberlands investment and forest products practice group for the southeastern regional law firm, which also has offices in Asia. Partner C. Glenn Dunaway will lead the corporate portion of the practice group and…

May 18, 2009 4:03 PM CDT

Hong Kong Hotel Quarantine Spurs Swine Flu Policy Debate

The weeklong quarantine of nearly 300 people at a Hong Kong hotel has raised questions about use of the policy in fighting the A/H1N1 flu virus. The quarantine was imposed after a hotel guest tested positive for the virus that is commonly known as the swine flu, the Wall Street…

May 7, 2009 4:14 PM CDT

China Closes Yitong Law Firm Known for Legal Activism

A Beijing law firm known for its activist approach to human rights issues and official corruption was closed down by the Chinese government this week. Although the asserted reason for shutting down the Yitong Law Firm for six months was that it had allowed a lawyer to practice without a…

Mar 19, 2009 5:58 PM CDT

DLA Piper Lays Off 20 Lawyers, 34 Staffers in Asian Offices

DLA Piper is laying off 20 lawyers and 34 staffers in Hong Kong and other Asian offices. A law firm spokesman told the Am Law Daily that most of the cuts will be made in DLA Piper’s 100-lawyer office in Hong Kong. The office, the firm’s largest in the region,…

Mar 3, 2009 6:11 PM CST