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Khmer Rouge's Chief Jailer Gets Life in Prison
The Associated Press
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A U.N.-backed tribunal's Supreme Court lengthened the sentence for the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer to life imprisonment on Friday because of his "shocking and heinous" crimes against the Cambodian people. The surprise ruling increased a lower court's 19-year sentence for Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch.
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'New York Scale' for Hong Kong Associates Raises Prospect of Salary War
The Asian Lawyer
- The expansion of U.S. law firms is giving some Hong Kong associates the chance to nearly double their salaries. Is a pay war about to set a new standard in the market? Or will darkening economic clouds intervene?
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Minter Ellison Takes Steppe Forward With Mongolia Office Launch
The Asian Lawyer
- Australian firm Minter Ellison has launched an office in Mongolia focusing on the energy and resources sector. Partner Elisabeth Ellis is relocating from Minter Ellison's Hong Kong office to take charge of the new office in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. She will be the firm's sole resident partner in Mongolia.
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Arbitration at Arm's Length: Are U.S. Firms Missing an Opportunity in Asia?
The Asian Lawyer
- Asian arbitration is a growth industry. Yet American arbitration lawyers are scarce on the ground in Asia. Of the 10 firms that handled the most large arbitrations in 2009-2010, four have no arbitration partners based in Asia-Pacific countries. Other top-ranked firms have only a handful. Are U.S. firms missing out on an opportunity?
China / Singapore
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Hogan Lovells Hires Clifford Chance's Beijing Finance Head for Singapore Office
The Asian Lawyer
- Hogan Lovells has hired Bruce Schulberg, Clifford Chance's Beijing finance practice head, as senior projects partner for its Singapore office. Schulberg, who has advised on such high-profile projects as the $11 billion Central Asia-China pipeline, will head up a 10-partner team advising lenders and sponsors on projects across the Asia-Pacific region.
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The Legal Aftershocks of Fukushima
The Asian Lawyer
- Observers from more litigious societies may find it unfathomable that the catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has yet to spawn a massive lawsuit. But now a group of shareholders is threatening to launch a derivative suit against the plant operator's corporate directors, in what could be the largest civil damages claim in Japan's history.
