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1. FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW — FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT TERRORISM EXCEPTIONS — SEVENTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT FSIA DOES NOT PROVIDE FREESTANDING BASIS TO SATISFY JUDGMENT AGAINST STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.

Subjects
*VICTIMS of state-sponsored terrorism, *GOVERNMENT liability (International law) -- Cases, *LEGAL judgments, *EXCEPTIONS (Law), *TERRORISM -- Lawsuits & claims, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *STATUS (Law), *INTERNATIONAL cooperation, UNITED States foreign relations law
Abstract

The article discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's ruling in the 2016 case Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran which deals with American foreign relations law and the court's determination that the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FISA) does not provide a freestanding basis for litigants to satisfy their judgments against state sponsors of terrorism. The legal rights of U.S. victims of terrorism are examined, along with exceptions and asset seizure law.

Published
2016

2. Iran terror victims receive first payments; will this affect foreign immunity?

Author

Kostal, Susan

Subjects
*COMPENSATION (Law), *TERRORISM victims' families, *GOVERNMENT liability (International law), *TERRORISM -- Lawsuits & claims, *LEGAL judgments, *LEGAL status of victims of terrorism, *ASSET freezing lawsuits, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *U.S. states, *STATUS (Law)
Abstract

The article discusses how several victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism are beginning to receive payments that are meant to satisfy various legal judgments, and it mentions how nearly two billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets are being distributed to husbands, wives, mothers, and fathers who lost family members in acts of terrorism. Attorney Jamie Bernard's clients are examined, along with a sovereign immunity exemption and litigation and collection actions against the nation of Iran.

Published
2017

3. Judgments Against Iran Are at Heart Of a Hearing.

Author

MEIER, BARRY

Subjects
*LEGAL judgments, *TERRORISM victims' families, *CONSTITUTIONAL law, *ASSET forfeiture, *UNITED States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *STATUS (Law)
Abstract

The article discusses a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court case which deals with the question of whether the American Congress acted unconstitutionally by passing a 2012 law which is designed to help families of victims of terrorist attacks to college judgments against the nation of Iran, and it mentions a 1993 bombing involving U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. Seizures of Iranian assets and the recovery of legal damages are assessed, along with a separation of powers in America.

Published
2016

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