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Australia Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu has taken legal advice and will not use Rio Tinto’s lawyers for his defence, instead choosing Shanghai lawyer Duan Qihan, founder of China’s first private law firm and a lawyer with strong government connections. Hu, charged with commercial bribery and trade secrets infringement last week after being arrested on [...]
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith has denied that China has already decided that Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu is guilty of commercial espionage. “That doesn’t sit with the meeting that I had, and the statements made to me, which are that the investigation against Mr Hu and others associated with him, who are [...]
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The 2009 International Bar Association annual conference will be held in Madrid, Spain over October 4-9. IBA is a global legal community of more than 35,000 legal practitioners, and almost 200 bar associations and law societies around the world. Their conference is the largest gathering of the international legal community on the calendar with more [...]
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An export report by the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC) has outlined a strategy that will see Australian legal firms increase their global competitiveness for legal services and legal education. The Australian Legal Services – Strategic Global Engagement report identified growth in Australia legal service exports, particularly in Asia. “While the United States, United [...]
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