• Arbitration at Arm's Length: Are U.S. Firms Missing an Opportunity in Asia?
    Asian arbitration is a growth industry. Yet American arbitration lawyers are scarce on the ground in Asia. Of the 10 firms that handled the most large arbitrations in 2009-2010, four have no arbitration partners based in Asia-Pacific countries. Other top-ranked firms have only a handful. Are U.S. firms missing out on an opportunity?
  • Marine to Serve No Time Over Squad's Killing of Unarmed Iraqis
    Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, who led a squad that shot 24 unarmed Iraqis in 2005, has avoided prison time for the killings, instead winning leniency through a plea deal that carries no real punishment beyond a reduction in rank. It was a stunning outcome in a case once compared with the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
  • Former Fulbright Partner Pleads Guilty to False Accounting and Fraud Charges
    Former Fulbright & Jaworski partner Richard Simkin has pleaded guilty to charges of false accounting and fraud. Simkin, who resigned from the firm's London office in 2008, and his wife Zakia Sharif, who was dismissed as an office manager by the firm, have admitted to stealing as much as £100,000 from the firm in false expenses claims.
  • DLA Piper and Dechert End Bitter Partner Dispute
    DLA Piper and Dechert have quietly settled their fierce feud over the latter's 2011 hire of former DLA litigation co-head Neil Gerrard. A source close to the situation says both a U.K. arbitration and a U.S. litigation were settled in December, although it is unclear whether any money will change hands.