Anthony Lin

May 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Former Kim & Chang senior foreign attorney John Rhie will relocate from Seoul to head the U.S. litigation firm's Asia international arbitration practice.

By Anthony Lin

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March 03, 2009 | Law.com

DLA Piper announced Tuesday that it is laying off 20 lawyers and 34 staff across its Asian offices in response to "the deteriorating economic climate." The product of several mergers of regional American and British firms, DLA Piper has in recent years built up one of the largest Asia practices of any international law firm. The new cuts come weeks after the firm announced sweeping layoffs in the U.S. and the U.K.

By Anthony Lin

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May 29, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Lucy Stone QC had sought admission to represent the wife in the divorce of a wealthy couple.

By Anthony Lin

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June 15, 2006 | National Law Journal

The New York office of Latham & Watkins has recruited a six-lawyer Latin America practice from West Coast rival O'Melveny & Myers.

By Anthony Lin

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May 24, 2013 | Law.com

Citing an "abject failure to make proper discovery," a Singapore appeals court has thrown out a decision favoring a bank over an individual investor in a dispute over $5 million in losses incurred during the global financial crisis from the purchase of a type of structured financial product called an accumulator.

By Anthony Lin

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May 28, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In its first incarnation in 1868, the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory promised to furnish readers with the address of at least one reliable law firm in each city in the United States. Today's directory lists far more than that, with profiles of lawyers and firms filling more than a dozen hardbound volumes.

By ANTHONY LIN

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October 23, 2008 | National Law Journal

Legendary law professor Arthur R. Miller, who taught civil procedure at Harvard Law School for 36 years before joining New York University School of Law last year, has joined class action law firm Milberg as a special counsel. Miller will head the firm's appellate practice while maintaining his position as a professor at NYU. In a statement, Miller described Milberg, which has suffered a tarnished reputation of late, as an "absolutely first rate litigation firm."

By Anthony Lin

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November 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

On the eve of trial, Winston & Strawn has settled a lawsuit brought against it by a New York partner who claimed the firm broke a deal to exempt him from "decompression," a firm policy sharply reducing partners' pay after age 65.

By Anthony Lin

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February 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is opening a Hong Kong office with partners Gregory Puff and Andrew Abernethy, recruited from Shearman & Sterling and Norton Rose, respectively. The firm says it is also eyeing launches in Singapore and Seoul as part of a broader Asia push.

By Anthony Lin

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July 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

By Anthony Lin

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