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International Legal News - Latin America
Dominican Republic / United States
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Fla. Appeal Court Reverses $14 Million Judgment in Dominican Family Squabble
Daily Business Review
- Taking on a family feud, a Florida appeal court has reversed a $14 million judgment obtained by a Miami Beach businessman against his brother and nephew, finding the businessman's claim of an oral agreement did not relate back to the original pleading and was first asserted 10 years after the four-year statute of limitations expired.
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Cuba / Syria / United States
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Eleventh Circuit Hears Fla. Appeal of Cuba Contracts Law
The Associated Press
- The state of Florida is urging a skeptical federal appeals court to allow enforcement of a law that prohibits companies from bidding on state and local government contracts if they also do business in Cuba or Syria.
Mexico / United States
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Kids Born in Mexico Can Stay in New York, Federal Judge Rules
New York Law Journal
- Two Mexican-born children taken by their mother to the United States as she fled from their allegedly abusive father can stay in this country, a New York federal judge has ruled in an international custody dispute. In reaching his decision, the judge applied the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
Colombia / Ecuador / United States
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Ecuadorian Plaintiffs to Appeal Dismissal of Suit Over Herbicide Exposure
The National Law Journal
- Lawyers for several thousand Ecuadorian citizens suing DynCorp International over alleged exposure to toxins from an aerial herbicide spraying operation are preparing to appeal the dismissal of the case by a D.C. federal judge who excluded testimony from the plaintiffs' sole expert.
Mexico
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Mexico's Top Court Rules Anti-Gay Terms Are Hate Speech
The Associated Press
- Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that two anti-gay words commonly used in Mexico are hate speech and not protected as freedom of expression under the country's constitution, allowing people offended by the terms to sue for moral damages.
