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News covering litigation and arbitration on cross-border contracts and deals. Also trade issues such as NAFTA and bilateral agreements that affect the legal practices of global firms. Also includes regulatory changes (like GDPR and Brexit) that will change the legal climate.
By Christopher Niesche | November 12, 2023
As general counsel of the Fred Hollows Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to provide affordable eye health care and end avoidable blindness in disadvantaged communities around the world, Katrin O'Sullivan oversees seven different legal entities across 25 mostly African and Asian countries.
6 minute read
By Anne Bagamery | October 27, 2023
On the eve of this year's International Bar Association conference, IBA executive director Mark Ellis spoke with Law.com International about the goals of this year's conference and the role of lawyers and the legal profession in promoting and supporting the rule of law.
5 minute read
By Jack Womack | October 27, 2023
The letter calls on the UK government to pursue a number of measures, including an immediate halt on 'the export of weapons from the UK to Israel'.
2 minute read
By Jack Womack | October 13, 2023
Virgo Marine was sanctioned by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control in 2022 for arranging 'vessels for the storage and transportation of Iranian petrochemicals'.
3 minute read
By Charlotte Johnstone | September 15, 2023
Robert Spano, a former judge and President of the European Court of Human Rights and current Gibson Dunn partner, has argued that clients would not want to politically align themselves with such a move.
3 minute read
By Law.com International | August 15, 2023
Russian companies have put Hong Kong arbitration clauses in their commercial contracts, particularly with Chinese companies, since before 2010, according to arbitration practitioners in the region.
6 minute read
By Charles Toutant | July 31, 2023
New Jersey's law "undermines those federal sanctions authorities by obstructing the president's authority to control economic sanctions against Russia and Belarus," according to the suit.
4 minute read
By Amy Guthrie | July 26, 2023
The plaintiffs, a media mogul and his wife, claim losses of more than $1.2 billion from the Venezuelan government's seizure of their personal and business assets
3 minute read
By Amy Guthrie | July 18, 2023
An Argentine prosecutor has ordered a criminal probe into the actions of Venezuelan security forces stemming from the 2014 deaths of civilians who participated in protests against the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
4 minute read
By Jack Womack | Brian Yap | July 18, 2023
The firm expects to regain a Seoul presence should its proposed merger with Allen & Overy proceed.
3 minute read
By Alexander Lugo | January 19, 2024
"One way to get closer with international firms and to expand the referral network between the firms and the connections between the firms is to bring in someone from that firm," co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's Latin America practice Antonio Peña said.
7 minute read
By Lisa Willis | January 12, 2024
One of the challenges of the Athens Agreement is that the U.S. is not a participant in the agreement.
5 minute read
By Riley Brennan | January 12, 2024
"The Ninth Circuit's unanimous affirmance of the trial court's merits based decision—confirming the Foundation's ownership of the Pissarro painting that it lawfully acquired for public display in Madrid in 1993—is a welcome conclusion to this case," said Thaddeus Stauber and Aaron Brian of Nixon Peabody and Javier Martínez Bavière of the Law Offices of Pedro Aleman, lead counsel for the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation.
7 minute read
By Colleen Murphy | January 2, 2024
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
4 minute read
By Angela D. Giampolo | January 2, 2024
The Russian Supreme Court's ruling recognizes as "extremist" an undefined "international public LGBT movement." This phrase appears to target not an established group or initiative, but any activism in defense of the human rights of LGBTQ+ people or even any public association with the LGBTQ+ community.
7 minute read
By Colleen Murphy | December 27, 2023
"Defendants contend the judge's order compelling Costa's appearance without compliance with Swiss law violates Swiss law and the Hague Convention," the per curiam opinion said. "The Hague Convention 'allows judicial authorities' in one signatory country to obtain evidence located in another signatory country 'for use in judicial proceedings, commenced or contemplated.'"
6 minute read
By Colette Verch and Stephen T. Olson | December 21, 2023
Trademark registrations offer an effective solution to this issue by allowing businesses to maintain their English branding while navigating the Québec market.
6 minute read
By David Lenefsky | December 20, 2023
In this timely piece, David Lenefsky offers that the United Nations should reactivate the Trusteeship Council and place the West Bank and/or Gaza in trust—or a trusteeship-like arrangement—to facilitate the creation of a democratic State of Palestine composed of both territories.
6 minute read
By Samuel Estreicher | December 20, 2023
In his Foreign Relations Law column, Samuel Estreicher discusses two cases out of the Southern District of New York, in which the court entered a judgment of $16.1 billion in damages against Argentina (one of the largest—if not the largest—judgments in the court's history) relating to conduct occurring nearly entirely outside the United States.
6 minute read
By Emily Saul | December 19, 2023
The self-described "retired" jewel thief, who was once part of an international heist network known as the Pink Panthers, agreed to sit for a deposition out of revenge.
10 minute read
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