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 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.
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By Colleen Murphy | January 2, 2024
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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.
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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.'"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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By Jonathan Drimmer, Tara Giunta and Ruth Knox | December 19, 2023
In the spirit of Human Rights Day, which in 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the date the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we have been bold and venturesome with our list. As you will see, some of our topics are cyclical, others just emerging, and a few persisting. But here are our top 10 + 1, in no particular order.
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By Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky | December 12, 2023
International arbitrations often involve large amounts of money concerning, on occasion, indications of illegality, including criminal activity. What arbitrators can and should do when they have some awareness of such illegal activity has recently become the subject of commentaries and analyses.
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