Anthony Lin

January 13, 2014 | Law.com

Despite its reputation as China's New York, Shanghai still doesn't compare as a financial—or legal—center. Not to New York, not to Hong Kong, not even to Beijing. A Shanghai office has become dispensable to some international law firms, and Beijing-based firms increasingly dominate the domestic profession. Could policy shifts, including the unveiling of a new Free Trade Zone, start to help Shanghai live up to its amazing skyline?

By Anthony Lin

16 minute read

December 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Like many of our readers, The Asian Lawyer will be taking a bit of a break over the holidays.

By Anthony Lin

1 minute read

December 09, 2013 | Law.com

Foreign lawyers say they are concerned that a populist outcry against further immigration into the island nation may eventually affect the global profession, starting with those firms now applying to renew their Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licenses.

By Anthony Lin

7 minute read

November 01, 2013 | The American Lawyer

An Australian court had ruled in July that the Sydney law firm provided negligent tax advice to John Symond, the founder of Australian mortgage lender Aussie Home Loans.

By Anthony Lin

2 minute read

September 13, 2013 | Law.com

A Hong Kong appellate panel said High Court Justice Anthony To gave the appearance of bias in attacking defense counsel's professional integrity.

By Anthony Lin

3 minute read

June 17, 2008 | Law.com

Federal prosecutors today reached a settlement with the Milberg law firm, four of whose former name partners pleaded guilty in the past year to criminal charges relating to the payment of kickbacks to individual plaintiffs in shareholder cases. The deal calls for the firm to pay $75 million in fines in exchange for the dropping of criminal charges. In a statement of facts accompanying the settlement agreement, Milberg admitted earning around $239 million in legal fees on cases where plaintiffs were paid.

By Anthony Lin

29 minute read

May 28, 2008 | Law.com

As Melvyn I. Weiss awaits sentencing for his role in the payment of kickbacks to named plaintiffs in shareholder suits, a conservative think tank is set to release a study purporting to show that the scheme injured shareholders. The American Enterprise Institute Legal Center is releasing today an article by a law professor that takes on the argument that the kickbacks constituted a victimless crime because the payments came out of legal fees and named plaintiffs had incentive to maximize class recoveries.

By Anthony Lin

7 minute read

March 21, 2008 | Law.com

Famed securities class action lawyer Melvyn I. Weiss agreed Thursday to plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge over his participation in a scheme to pay kickbacks to lead plaintiffs in shareholder suits. The agreement recommends a sentence of between 18 and 33 months in prison. He also agreed to pay $10 million in fines and forfeited fees. Coincidentally, a court ruled Thursday to disbar Steven Schulman, a former name partner of Weiss' old firm, which anounced it's changing its name to Milberg.

By Anthony Lin

25 minute read

May 06, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Jones Day's Asia capital markets practice head Jeffrey Maddox and his partners Joseph Lee and David Neuville are moving to the Hong Kong office of New York-based Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.

By Anthony Lin

3 minute read

August 08, 2007 | National Law Journal

The 2nd Circuit has ruled that a union at a public university is violating employees' First Amendment rights by requiring them to affirmatively object on a yearly basis to paying certain union fees. The circuit court found that the public-sector union's requirement for annual objections was not narrowly drawn to avoid restricting First Amendment rights, and that the the union had provided no reason why continuing objections could not be permitted.

By Anthony Lin

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