By Krishnan Nair | September 8, 2024
The next generation of recruits, due to enter the workforce in the coming few years, bring all sorts of new challenges for law firms—the Global Lawyer asks if you are ready.
Daily Business Review | Analysis
By Tommaso Baronio | August 16, 2024
"It adds a lot of the hallmarks of some of the ugliest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations that you could find," said Scott Greytak with Transparency International.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | August 7, 2024
"Because the district court lacked jurisdiction over Chabad's claims against the Russian Federation when it entered the default judgment and sanctions judgments, those judgments are void as against the Federation," Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan wrote for the D.C. Circuit.
By Patrick Smith | July 31, 2024
The firm is betting that hiring locally in foreign offices for white-collar and regulatory work can add political, social and economic context to its clients' matters. But of course, the model has risks.
New York Law Journal | Commentary|Expert Opinion
By David Lenefsky | July 18, 2024
Ukraine can be thought of as a world war! This is so because, stating the obvious, the United States and most NATO allies are supplying…
By Lee A. Spielmann | July 17, 2024
In recent years, a number of cases have sought compensation from Germany or Hungary for property the Nazis or their allies seized. Plaintiffs relied upon the "expropriation exception" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to secure jurisdiction over the foreign sovereign. The authors discuss two such cases, 'Toren v. Federal Republic of Germany' and' Republic of Hungary v. Simon.'
By Charles Toutant | July 16, 2024
International trade is exploding, but American businesses doing business in other countries can still struggle to resolve disputes and enforce judgments.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Christopher T. Zona | July 5, 2024
For those who advise clients on matters relating to cross-border compliance, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been the primary federal anti-bribery law since 1977. That was until 2023, when President Biden signed into law the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act. In doing so, the federal government filled a longstanding gap that was unaddressed: the "demand side" of foreign bribery and corruption.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Mark E. Bini, Kaela Dahan and Victoria L. Jaus | July 5, 2024
Two recent cases illustrate that the detention or release of foreign white-collar defendants pending trial almost always rests upon the DOJ's recommendation, and appears to result in sometimes inconsistent results.
By Ross Todd | July 3, 2024
As Barry Pollack of Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler was handling a high-profile sexual assault case for a lawyer-defendant last month in D.C. Superior Court, he was also helping negotiate the guilty plea that allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to Australia a free man.
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