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Big Firms Slashed Headcount at International Offices, 'NLJ 250' Shows
The National Law Journal
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Attorneys in the international offices of the nation's top law firms weren't spared a pummeling by a recession that hit global proportions in 2009. A big piece of the 4 percent decline in the total number of attorneys at large law firms came from losses in international offices, according to The National Law Journal's "NLJ 250." Law firms with significant foreign practices saw their numbers in those offices decline -- often sharply -- as they struggled to adjust to plummeting demand from clients.
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Global Lawyer
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DOJ Targets Pharmaceutical Industry for FCPA Enforcement
The National Law Journal
- The Justice Department is planning to focus more criminal enforcement on the pharmaceutical industry's interaction with foreign officials, the head of the department's Criminal Division warned on Thursday. Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, addressing the 10th Annual Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum, said the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to the pharmaceutical industry will be pushed "in the months and years ahead."
European Union / United States
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Latham, Clifford Chance Jumping Antitrust Hurdles on $7.4B Oracle-Sun Deal
The American Lawyer
- Latham & Watkins and Clifford Chance are negotiating with regulators around the world to get antitrust clearance for what is suddenly among the more controversial deals of 2009 -- Oracle's $7.4 billion proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Given the concern EU regulators have over Oracle's acquisition of MySQL database software, Thomas Vinje, the Brussels-based Clifford Chance partner handling the antitrust work in the EU, may have the toughest job on the Oracle legal team.
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International Courts / Liberia / Sierra Leone
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Ex-Liberia President Taylor Flashes Anger as Cross-Examination Starts at His War Crimes Trial
The Associated Press
- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor clashed with a war crimes trial attorney Tuesday just minutes after she began cross-examining him about his repeated denials of responsibility for atrocities by rebels during Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone finally got their chance Tuesday to question Taylor, who spent 13 weeks as a witness in his own defense, rejecting allegations that he armed, trained and commanded rebels during the 1992-2002 conflict.
Human Rights / United States
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Commentary: A Lesson From the Uighurs
The National Law Journal
- Almost immediately after taking office, the Obama administration set an arbitrary deadline for closing the secure terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That was the easy part. The hard part is deciding what to do with the hundreds of foreign terrorists detained at Guantanamo who, thus far, have been kept safely away from American communities, argues Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnnell.
Global Lawyer / United States
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FCPA Report Shows Companies Shelling Out to Avoid Nasty Prosecution
Corporate Counsel
- With the number of foreign bribery cases soaring, corporations in mergers or acquisitions are spending more time and legal resources making sure they don't acquire a nasty prosecution along with the new business. That's one of the findings in Shearman and Sterling's semiannual report on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The report also predicts that the government will emphasize going after individual employees, a shift from past practice.
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