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March 01, 2011 |

Taking on the World

In just over a year, Norton Rose's Peter Martyr has crafted ambitious tie-ups in Australia, Canada, and South Africa. Next stop, America.
18 minute read
December 04, 2008 |

Slowdown in China may be felt around world

House prices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou are plunging, and the global economy may grind almost to a halt next year because of it.Construction of homes, offices and factories fell at least 16.6 percent in October after rising 32.5 percent a year earlier, according to Macquarie Securities Ltd. That's squeezing an economy already slowed by recessions in the U.
6 minute read
June 11, 2013 |

Supreme Court Rejects Extraterritorial Application of 1789 Alien Tort Statute

Samuel Estreicher, a professor at New York University School of Law, and Stephen B. Kinnaird, a partner at Paul Hastings, discuss the Supreme Court's holding in 'Kiobel,' which places in question the ATS' continued utility as a vehicle for challenging human rights abuses occurring in other countries, and several important questions about the ATS' reach left open by the decision.
8 minute read
March 14, 2008 |

Miners trump business grads as geologists' value rises

Brittan Jones passed up a $100,000- a-year job at a mining company last December when he finished his degree in geology. The 24-year-old Canadian said he's confident he'll get a better offer. "I'm lucky to have graduated when metal prices are so high," said Jones, who has traveled to the Arctic Circle, British Columbia and the U.
4 minute read
February 28, 2012 |

Justices hear case over suits for overseas abuses

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court's conservative justices sounded skeptical Tuesday about allowing multinational corporations to be sued in American courts over claims that they were complicit in human rights abuses in foreign countries.The court heard arguments over whether a 223-year-old law gives foreign victims of abuses the right to use U.
3 minute read
August 21, 2012 |

No loan left behind in Legg Mason's debt pursuit

Legg Mason, the Baltimore-based money manager overseeing $636 billion, is starting a fund to invest in loans to so-called middle-market companies as an alternative to junk-bond yields at record lows.
7 minute read
June 11, 2012 |

Continental Breakfast: Africa Emerges as the Last Great Law Firm Frontier

Herbert Smith will soon follow Baker & McKenzie, Allen & Overy, and Clifford Chance by expanding into Africa.
9 minute read
September 28, 2012 |

Hot Spot

As Africa's economy takes off, independent firms prosper, and global firms refine their strategy. A look at the changing landscape.
17 minute read
January 03, 2011 |

Late Breaking Deals in 2010 Paint Rosy M&A Picture for 2011

Almost 20 deals in the $1 billion range were announced during the week that The Am Law Daily took its holiday break. We couldn't let them pass by without offering a quick guide to the legal advisors handling the high-end corporate work
10 minute read
May 01, 2010 |

On the Job: Moves

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