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What Were They Thinking?

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Passed by the first Congress in 1789 to combat, among others, acts of piracy on the high-seas, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, grants federal district courts jurisdiction over "any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States."

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International Discovery Agreements Can Facilitate The Transfer of Data from the European Union

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

International discovery agreements potentially offer a faster, more convenient, and more secure way to bridge the gaps between American and European law. By resolving conflicting obligations through contract, these agreements may provide an important new conduit for conversation between American and European courts.

Multilingual Mania: E-Discovery Is Now a Global Issue

Thursday, June 25, 2009

In order to successfully navigate the potentially murky multinational e-discovery waters, counsel must be prepared to effectively manage the process from data collection to review and production.

Republic of Iraq v. Beaty

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

The district court lost jurisdiction over suits against Iraqi officials over alleged acts of terrorism in May 2003, when the President exercised his Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act authority to make §1605(a)(7) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act inapplicable with respect to Iraq.

Gross et al. v. The German Foundation Industrial Initiative et al., etc.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

In this World War II reparations case, the Third Circuit held that the disputed interest provision of the Joint Statement of the Berlin Accords does not constitute or confer a privately enforceable cause of action on appellants, who assert standing as third-party beneficiaries.

Warner-Lambert Company v. LEP Profit International Inc., etc.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The limited-liability provision of the Warsaw Convention was not applicable to a carrier who failed to list a stop of a flight that crashed as one of the "agreed stopping places" on the air waybill.