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 ...

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 ...

The back end of the Supreme Court’s October Term 2025 brought us three decisions in statutory cases dealing with foreign relations law. Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. explored the ...

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Sociedad Concesionaria Metropolitana de Salud (SCMS) won a Chilean arbitral award against Astaldi. During the arbitration, Astaldi underwent restructuring and merged part of its business into Webuild ...

This post is a lightly edited version of a talk given virtually on November 26, 2022, at the “International Symposium on Accelerating Changes Unseen in a Century and the Development of International ...

is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Over the past decade, many jurisdictions have witnessed a marked increase in cases involving the cross-border recognition and enforcement of judgments. This trend ...