Lawyers Weigh Impact of GSK Case

Headlines • Lawyers Weigh Impact of GSK Case • Singapore's Top Court Suspends Lawyer for Champerty • Judge Rules Gadens Gave Negligent Tax Advice • SJ Berwin Set To Vote On King & Wood Mallesons Tie-Up • Chinese Law Professor's Rape Comments Spark Outrage • Foreign Firms Stumble Going Local in Japan Lawyers Weigh Impact of GSK Case China/Hong Kong The case is a reminder of how, despite the increased attention paid to compliance in recent years, the economic incentives for bribery remain strong in China. Read More » Singapore's Top Court Suspends Lawyer for Champerty Singapore It was the first time Singapore's Court of Appeal had addressed the doctrine of champerty, which bars litigation funding agreements, in 35 years. Read More » Judge Rules Gadens Gave Negligent Tax Advice Australia The 550-lawyer Australian firm's client ultimately paid almost $6.5 million in a settlement with the tax office. Read More » SJ Berwin Set To Vote On King & Wood Mallesons Tie-Up Partners at the London-based firm were informed on Wednesday of the impending vote to create a new 2,200-lawyer giant, with a decision on whether the combination will proceed due by the end of the month. Read More » Chinese Law Professor's Rape Comments Spark Outrage China/Hong Kong Yi Yanyou, a professor at China's top-ranked Tsinghua University who was a visiting scholar at Yale Law School last spring, said raping sex workers was "less harmful than raping ordinary women." Read More » Foreign Firms Stumble Going Local in Japan Japan Lawyers in the Japanese market say cultural differences and an inability to attract the best local talent has hurt many international firms' efforts to build bengoshi practices and compete with the top local firms. Read More »

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