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International Legal News - North America
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Jones Day and Covington Recruit for London White-Collar Crime Teams
Legal Week
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Jones Day and Covington & Burling are bolstering their white-collar investigations practices in London. Jones Day is bringing in Glyn Powell from the Serious Fraud Office. Separately, Covington has hired Baker Botts partner Christopher Cooper.
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Italy / United States
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K&L Gates Opens Office in Milan
The Legal Intelligencer
- K&L Gates has merged with Italian firm Marini Salsi Picciau to launch an office in Milan with three partners, three associates and three trainees. K&L Gates has added several new offices a year over the past few years, picking up small groups or firms to expand its geographic footprint abroad rather than conduct large-scale mergers.
China / Hong Kong / United Kingdom / United States
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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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China / Hong Kong / Singapore / United States
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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?
Iraq / United States
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Marine to Serve No Time Over Squad's Killing of Unarmed Iraqis
The Associated Press
- Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, who led a squad that shot 24 unarmed Iraqis in 2005, has avoided prison time for the killings, instead winning leniency through a plea deal that carries no real punishment beyond a reduction in rank. It was a stunning outcome in a case once compared with the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
United Kingdom / United States
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Former Fulbright Partner Pleads Guilty to False Accounting and Fraud Charges
Legal Week
- Former Fulbright & Jaworski partner Richard Simkin has pleaded guilty to charges of false accounting and fraud. Simkin, who resigned from the firm's London office in 2008, and his wife Zakia Sharif, who was dismissed as an office manager by the firm, have admitted to stealing as much as £100,000 from the firm in false expenses claims.
