The Water Cooler

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* Some 4500 top lawyers gathered in Buenos Aires for the International Bar Conference is clearly too much of a good opportunity. Word has gone out to the local criminal fraternity, one lawyer tells The Water Cooler, and an estimated 20-30 lawyers have already been robbed in the street. One lawyer was even fleeced right outside the Sheraton Conference Centre, where the conference is being held over five days. One lawyer from New York lost a $10,000 watch and attendees have been advised to instruct taxis to take a circuitous route between venues. The latest trick? Sewage. $"Two lawyers had sewage thrown on them as a distraction while they were robbed," our source says. Lawyers and sewage? We won't say the obvious.

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