New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Solomon B. Shinerock and Alex Bedrosyan | April 22, 2024
In this article, Solomon B. Shinerock and Alex Bedrosyan analyze international humanitarian law through the context of the crisis in Gaza.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Samuel Estreicher | April 11, 2024
Section 1595(a) of the TVPRA provides a civil remedy against perpetrators and anyone who "knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value from participation in a venture which that person knew or should have known has engaged in an act in violation." The use of a "knowingly benefits" standard of liability is fairly novel and raises some important questions.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jeremy H. Temkin | March 20, 2024
Lawyers involved in planning cross-border transactions and those litigating subsequent disputes need to be cognizant of what privileges apply in all relevant jurisdictions and take steps to ensure that communications will be protected in each jurisdiction.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By William O'Brien, Katia Finkel, Levon Golendukhin and Romy Descours-Karmitz | March 15, 2024
Enforcement of arbitral awards against sovereigns is in the spotlight. Whether dealing with investment treaty or commercial arbitration awards, the key question for award-creditors against state or state-owned enterprise (SOE) respondents around the world is: will we be able to enforce the decision?
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Peter Brown | March 11, 2024
In his Technology Law column, Peter Brown discusses the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and highlights how a hidden obligation under Article 27 is the requirement that non-EU businesses designate in writing a representative located in an EU country.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Susan Rothwell | January 26, 2024
The purpose of this article is to alert practitioners to how easily a foreigner's New York estate can be compelled to bring a proceeding in a New York Surrogate's Court and owe federal (and sometimes state) estate taxes, all of which add significant expense and delays before beneficiaries can receive the New York property.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky | January 24, 2024
In this article, the authors look at two recent circuit court decisions that held that such requirements under the New York Convention and under the FAA are procedural and, therefore, do not oust a court of subject matter jurisdiction, even if the requirements are not strictly met.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
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.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
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.
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.
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