Legal News

Corruption In Asia: China Is Ten Out Of Thirteen.
The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) recently asked "over 1,400 expatriates" to rank 13 Asian economies on corruption and the results of that survey, from least corrupt to most corrupt, are as follows: 1...

Immigration attorney returns to face federal charges
After three years on the lam in China, Houston immigration attorney Kenneth L. Rothey is back in the United States to stand trial on charges that he engaged in visa fraud and money laundering and encouraged Chinese nationals to enter...

China Versus Thailand: Outsourcing Smackdown
David Dayton over at the consistently enlightening Silk Road International Blog did an interesting post comparing China to Thailand for manufacturing, entitled, "Thailand vs. China...

Snipes Acquitted on Tax Charges
Actor Wesley Snipes was acquitted Friday of tax fraud and willful failure to file tax returns, by far the most serious of the charges against him. He was convicted on three lesser misdemeanor charges of failure to file tax returns...

Tesco Sues Thai Dissenters for Speaking Out Against Its Expansion in Thailand
A Thai Member of Parliament (MP) and a newspaper critic face millions of dollars in damages and significant prison time after being sued for libel by Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, according to a story by the Guardian Newspaper...

ASEAN Charter Approved in Bangkok
Thailand has joined eight other Asian countries in approving the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Charter, a constitution establishing ASEAN as an international legal entity...

County Corruption
Bastrop to pay $187,500 settlement in whistleblower lawsuit.

Sunscreen Manufacturers Face Class Actions over Misleading Advertising
Banana Boat, Coppertone Face Class Action in Canada

AT&T International Roaming Charges, AT&T lawsuit
AT&T Faces International Roaming Charges Lawsuit

Third Party Mobile Content Charges Settlement
Third Party Mobile Content Charges Class Action Settlement

Goldman Sachs Faces Fraud Charges
Goldman Sachs Faces Fraud Charges

$100 Million in Dell Fraud Charges Settlement
Dell Settles Fraud Charges for $100 Million