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French Publisher Sues Google Over Book Project
The American Lawyer
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The legal wrangling over Google Books has taken on an international flavor. In late September a French publisher accused the ubiquitous search engine of breaking French copyright law in its effort to scan millions of books. Google has been scrambling to make changes to reach a settlement with parties that include the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a bevy of copyright holders. But while those parties are negotiating in the U.S., a suit in France is going forward.
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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.
Global Lawyer / Hong Kong / United States
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Nearly Two Years in, Mayer Brown Declares Hong Kong Merger a Success
The American Lawyer
- When it comes to international expansion, Mayer Brown doesn't go for half measures. The Chicago-based firm's 2002 merger with London's Rowe & Maw remains one of the largest transatlantic mergers to date. Five years later, Mayer Brown made a similarly big move in Asia, combining with Hong Kong's largest law firm, 260-lawyer Johnson Stokes & Master. The Asian combination, still the largest undertaken by a global firm, is now 20 months old. But second-guessing continues in the Asian legal community.
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Myanmar / United States
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DOJ Settles Former Drug Enforcement Agent's Suit for $3 Million
The National Law Journal
- The federal government has agreed to settle for $3 million a long-running suit in federal district court that alleged a former CIA officer and a State Department official unlawfully eavesdropped on a drug enforcement agent in Burma. The terms of the agreement were detailed in court papers filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The suit, filed by former DEA agent Richard Horn, was filed in federal court in 1994. The litigation had been under seal until this summer.
Sri Lanka / United States
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Top General Added to List of Patton Boggs' Sri Lankan Clients
The American Lawyer
- If Patton Boggs can find a way to steal Raj Rajaratnam away from Akin Gump, the firm might have to open a Colombo office to service its stable of high-profile Sri Lankan clients. The country's chief of defense staff, General Sarath Fonseka, has been asked to attend an interview with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday concerning alleged human rights abuses. But the government of Sri Lanka is vehemently opposed to the interview, and is relying on Patton Boggs to resist any interrogation.
Greece / Liberia / United States
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Liberian Company's Argument That Employment Dispute Is a Burden to N.Y. Courts Is Rejected
New York Law Journal
- A New York court will preside over a $15 million employment dispute between a Greek citizen and a Liberian company publicly traded in the United States, which allegedly raised funds in New York and retained a Manhattan-based law firm as its primary outside counsel, a state judge has ruled. Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd., which is based in Athens and incorporated in Liberia, had claimed it would be unduly inconvenienced if the breach of contract and libel case remained in New York.
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