Last Friday, Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler (District of Utah) granted a motion for alternative service of process, allowing ...
Over the past several months, three state appellate courts in the United States have examined whether a “talaq” divorce ...
Over the past several months, three state appellate courts in the United States have examined whether a “talaq” divorce obtained in another country is entitled to recognition as a matter of comity. In ...
This is just a reminder for those in the DC area that on Thursday and Friday the George Washington Law Review is hosting a ...
Two new cases have been filed seeking the return of artwork that was taken from Jewish people during the Nazi era. Both cases were brought under a 2024 California law, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 338.2, ...
Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), the agencies and instrumentalities of foreign states are generally immune ...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in United States v. Nasri that Fifth Amendment due process is violated if a federal court exercises in rem jurisdiction but lacks custody or ...
Signing of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention Last week, the D.C. Circuit held in Titan Consortium 1 v. Argentine Republic that suits brought in the ...
In Cimex, the Supreme Court faced a question about the impact of the Helms-Burton Act, which Congress passed in 1996 to increase economic and political pressure on Cuba, on the sovereign immunity of ...