• November 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The American Lawyer Archives: The Two Faces of Scientology

    UPDATE: 12/3/14, 5:30 p.m. EST. Behar, who in a letter to the editor had som

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  • November 24, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Refusing to Enforce Foreign Judgments

    Although the United States is not a party to any judgment enforcement treaty, courts in this country regularly enforce foreign judgments. Indeed, if jurisdiction in the foreign court is prop

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  • November 21, 2014 | Global Lawyer News

    Latin American Company GC's Look to Local Experts for Work

    Choosing attorneys for work in Latin America is one of the biggest challenges facing general counsel for corporations doing business in the sprawling region, which has been an area of monume

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  • November 21, 2014 | Global Lawyer News

    Corporate Lawyers in High Demand

    Mexican corporate lawyers are in high demand as international law firms recruit attorneys and open offices to handle the expected work that will come from Mexico's opening of key eco

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  • November 21, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Latin American Company GC's Look to Local Experts for Work

    Choosing attorneys for work in Latin America is one of the biggest challenges facing general counsel for corporations doing business in the sprawling region, which has been an area of monumental growth for global companies in recent years.

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  • November 20, 2014 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: Nov. 20, 2014

    Southeast Asia Allen & Overy has advised the sponsors on the financing for the $2.8 billion Donggi-S Liquefied Natural Gas project in Indonesia. The Donggi-S

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  • November 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Report: Chinese Oil Giant Severs Baker & McKenzie Ties

    The China National Offshore Oil Company Ltd. terminated its relationship with Baker & McKenzie and demoted one of the state-owned oil and gas giant’s in-house counsel, alleging tha

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  • Crane Composites Inc. v. Wayne Farms LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward M. Newsom Miller & Martin PLLC, and Robert B. Wedge Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Nels S. D. Peterson Attorney General's Office, Jessica E. Sabbath, William L. Durham II King & Spalding LLP, Steven G. Hall Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Jefferson C. McConnaughey, Michael A. McKenzie Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, and Hobart M. Hind Jr. Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, Fla., for appellees. Other party representation: A. Gregory Poole, Marietta.

    Case Number: S14A1680

    The offer of settlement statute can be applied to a negligence action when the injury occurred prior to the effective of the statute but the action was filed after that

  • November 17, 2014 | The Recorder

    Conquering the Code

    Amid rapid company growth, Palo Alto Networks had to address its increasingly obsolete and narrow code of conduct. The company was partnering with companies outside the U.S. and hiring beyon

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  • November 17, 2014 | International

    Norton Rose Fulbright on $2.1B Financing for Battersea Project

    Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium of Malaysian investors on a $2.1 billion financing for the development of London’s Battersea Power Station. The consortium, which

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