http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/index.jsp en-us 05/24/2013 Copyright 2008 incisivemedia. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.law.com/img/law/international/international_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/index.jsp A DLA Piper pro bono team from around the world traveled to Tanzania last month to teach negotiation skills to a group of Tanzanian lawyers, most of whom work at government agencies. The firm's pro bono work in Tanzania is part of DLA Piper's New Perimeter, a global pro bono initiative. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202601291277 2013-05-23 14:59:55 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202600719307 2013-05-20 18:07:47 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202600297315 2013-05-16 14:27:47 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202600162927 2013-05-15 18:50:53 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202600119105 2013-05-15 14:36:21 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202599753882 2013-05-13 17:45:32 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202599549425 2013-05-10 18:20:46 Rising complaints from U.S. businesses about trade secret theft have lent urgency to fledgling efforts by the Chinese and U.S. governments to engage on the contentious issue of cyberattacks. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202599291401 2013-05-09 14:56:33 A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a Miami judge's decision striking down a Florida law prohibiting government agencies from hiring companies with business ties to Cuba. The decision said the law passed by Florida lawmakers in 2012 is most likely unconstitutional and infringes on the powers of the presidency. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202599099378 2013-05-08 13:55:28 When Lebanon's bankers turned to DLA Piper and Patton Boggs for help last year, they hoped the firms could burnish the image of a $127 billion industry tainted by allegations of money laundering for terrorists and drug dealers. Instead, two Lebanese financial institutions last month were hit with U.S. Treasury Department sanctions for purportedly aiding Hezbollah. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202598505395 2013-05-03 13:32:01