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International Legal News - North America
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Miami Beach 'Bar Girl' Scammer Gets 12 Years in Prison
The Associated Press
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A nightclub operator has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a scam that used Russian and Eastern European "B-Girls" to lure wealthy tourists into secret bars where they were fleeced with bogus bills for alcohol and caviar.
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China / United States
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Fenwick Sets Course for China
The Recorder
- Fenwick & West has hired Covington & Burling's Eva Wang as a corporate partner to lay the groundwork for an office in Shanghai -- the Silicon Valley firm's first overseas. Fenwick has felt a great pull to China in recent years as its clients' activity has compelled the creation of new resources to serve them, said firm chair Gordon Davidson.
Kenya / United States
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Kenyan Justice Seeks to Modernize Country's Courts
New York Law Journal
- Willy Mutunga, the chief justice of Kenya's court system, met with Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of the New York Court of Appeals on Monday to trade ideas about judicial transparency and accountability as part of Mutunga's push to modernize Kenya's courts. The judges described the meeting as a "partnership" between the two courts.
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China / Hong Kong / United States
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Businessman Awarded $70 Million in Vegas Sands Lawsuit
The Associated Press
- A jury has awarded Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen a $70 million judgment against Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino giant run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson that Suen claimed to have helped secure a lucrative gambling license in Macau.
China / United States
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Can China Change CFIUS?
The Asian Lawyer
- The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has emerged as perhaps the largest single obstacle to Chinese M&A activity in the U.S., and rejection of a number of attempted deals, especially in the high-tech sector, has fueled perceptions among Chinese business leaders that CFIUS is stacked against them. Now, China's government and business leaders are pushing back.
Haiti / Human Rights / Nepal / United Nations
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U.N. Faces Threat of Lawsuit Over Haiti Cholera
The Associated Press
- A human rights group says it will sue the U.N. if it does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize for introducing the disease through its peacekeeping force and launch a major effort to improve sanitation.
