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Negotiable Instruments—A Comparison Of Washington Law And Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 [Part 2], Richard Cosway
Negotiable Instruments—A Comparison Of Washington Law And Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 [Part 2], Richard Cosway
Washington Law Review
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The Roles Of Lawyers In U.S.-Japanese Business Transactions, Dan Fenno Henderson
The Roles Of Lawyers In U.S.-Japanese Business Transactions, Dan Fenno Henderson
Washington Law Review
This article deals with the organization, qualifications and roles of lawyers in U.S.-Japanese transactions, with emphasis on the liaison lawyer. It is not easy for the liaison lawyer to define his specialty because it is determined by the transactions, and they sprawl across the borders of two or more countries and cut across multiple fields of substantive law. Some awkward professional problems and postures can result. First, there are unusual threshold problems of language and multiple bar membership, different professional ethics and scopes of practice, and conflicting governing laws. Then once in the practice, the liaison lawyer's inventory of useful …