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Announcing the 2020 Global Business Edition

Featuring Best Lawyers and Law Firm of the Year honorees from around the globe.

	Fall Business Edition "The Global Issue"
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October 5, 2020 09:16 AM

For the fifth consecutive year, we are proud to publish the definitive guide connecting leaders in the international legal community with the most influential businesses in the United States. This year's Global Business Edition features more than 40,000 Best Lawyers honorees from 28 countries around the world, including 265 international "Law Firm of the Year" recognitions.

Plus, in our cover story, Santosh Aravind of Scott, Douglass, & McConnico discusses the growing threat of business email compromise schemes, which have cost American companies billions of dollars over the past decade.

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