Prof. Painter's Testimony on Lawyers' Ethics at Crown Court in London Featured in Financial Times
The Financial Times covered a hearing at the Crown Court in London, where Professor Richard Painter testified about professional conduct rules for U.S. attorneys representing clients in connection with foreign proceedings. The hearing followed an unsuccessful corporate bribery prosecution by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office and involved claims by the defendant that the Washington, D.C. law firm Akin Gump should pay part of the costs of defending the prosecution.