Search

Does hosting designated members of Hezbollah or other Specially Designated Global Terrorist organizations at conferences constitute a violation of U.S. sanctions laws? The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of [...]

Many Monegasque residents who own property in France are concerned about the taxation applicable to their estate. We would like to remind you of the provisions of the Franco-Monegasque Convention [...]

A Romanian law acceding to the International Labour Organization's Violence and Harassment Convention was published on 2 April 2024 The Convention, which was adopted by the ILO in 2019, protects [...]

From 7 November 2023 the Convention abolishes the traditional requirement of legalisation The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the 'Convention') facilitates [...]

On March 8, 2023, China acceded to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents ('Apostille Convention'). The Convention will enter into force [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental shutdown and travel restriction orders have seriously disrupted the way many commercial enterprises operate. In many cases, these disruptions have given rise to difficulties [...]

The Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York's dismissal of importer New Fortune Inc.'s ('NFI') claims against freight forwarders Apex Logistics International ('Apex') and Aeroflot Airlines, on the [...]

As noted in our previous blog post here, in March 2021, Iraq passed the 'Law on the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the New York Convention on the [...]

During a May 19, 2021 webcast at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's ('FINRA') annual conference, Amy Sochard, FINRA's Vice President of Advertising Regulation, indicated that the organization will seek public [...]

The CMR Convention was issued on May 19, 1956, considering the verdicts of private law in road transportation. After the CMR Convention was accepted by Turkey in 1995, it was [...]

The Cape Town Convention came into force in the Cayman Islands on 1 November 2015 introducing registrable 'international interests' in respect of aircraft and aircraft engines and setting out the [...]

In recent decades, the digital world has undergone rapid development. Information and communication technologies simplify everyday actions and tasks. However, technological progress is also accompanied by increasing crime in the [...]

In light of the Βrexit implications for the justice system in the United Kingdom and the broader European Union spectrum, the government of the United Kingdom is taking active steps [...]

INTRODUCTION Especially since May 2010, when the first concrete step was taken for the nuclear power plants that have been at the forefront of Turkey's energy agenda for the last [...]

Battles persist concerning the enforceability of insurance policy arbitration clauses due to the conflict between (a) the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause (Art. VI, cl. 2), which gives federal laws and [...]

As noted in our previous blog post, where English legal proceedings are started before the Brexit transition period comes to an end, most likely on 31 December 2020, a judgment [...]

The Bill and accession to the Convention was introduced in Lok Sabha on November 25, 2019. What are the objectives of the Bill? The Bill aims to provide for the [...]

Article 26 is the clearest expression of the self-contained and autonomous nature of the arbitration procedures set forth by the ICSID Convention. Read More: The ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules: [...]

Aircraft Repossession Under the Cape Town Convention in the United Arab Emirates Let us face this: aircrafts are expensive, and we always tend to lease expensive assets with a depreciated [...]

On July 2, 2019, the Hague Conference on Private International Law announced the adoption of a new convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil or commercial [...]

December 12, 2019 New York Marriott Marquis 1535 Broadway New York, NY 10036 Counsel Kimberly Grant will be a speaker at the 21st Annual AILA New York Chapter Immigration Law [...]

On 17 July 2019, Papua New Guinea (PNG) became the latest nation state to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the [...]

On the 2nd July 2019, the Hague Conference on Private International Law finalized a new treaty on enforcement of judgments ('the Hague Convention').It is said that the New Hague Convention [...]

International commercial litigation is about to become radically more efficient, in a major development for international businesses. On 2 July, delegates at the 22nd diplomatic session of the Hague Conference [...]

The Brazilian government has officially recognized around 200 indigenous peoples and lots of traditional communities, such as Quilombolas. Most of these populations dwell within forests or in territories fit for [...]

Testamentary Vs. Living Trust Time is an unchanging constant throughout our world. Forever moving in one direction, pushing us all into the hazy future. There is little exact certainty in [...]

Due to the ease of international travel, the growing fashion in bi-cultural marriages and the boost in the divorce rates the international child abduction cases are increasing rapidly. The Convention [...]

Due to the ease of international travel, the growing fashion in bi-cultural marriages and the boost in the divorce rates the international child abduction cases are increasing rapidly. The Convention [...]

The SEC published for comment a proposed FINRA rule change that would implement fees for the late cancellation of a prehearing conference. According to the proposal, fees would be imposed [...]

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, April 4th, 2018 - Invest Turks and Caicos has proudly released its FDi On Location Video, 'Turks and Caicos Islands Bounces Back'. The 17 minutes [...]

Malta should be at the centre of the development of international maritime law, says Ann Fenech, the first Maltese to be elected to the executive council of the Comite Maritime [...]

Attention aircraft leasing lessors: change is coming, and you better be ready. That was the takeaway from a panel I hosted at the Global Airfinance Conference in Dublin last month, [...]

The courts undoubtedly have the power to grant provisional remedies in aid of a pending arbitration - including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and attachments. As a recent Fifth Circuit [...]

FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy On November 29, 2017, in his speech at the 34th International Conference on the FCPA in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. [...]

Many parties appearing before the Federal Circuit are unaware of how Judges are selected to preside over their disputes. Like other courts, the Federal Circuit has sought to achieve a [...]

On 19 October 2017, Ireland's Minister for Finance (the 'Minister') published Finance Bill 2017 (the 'Bill'). The Bill legislates for changes announced during the budget statement made on 10 October [...]

18 October 2017 marks the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, more commonly known as the 'Mauritius Convention'. While the Convention has [...]

Paul Hitchcock is Senior Policy Advisor in the Jacksonville office The Surface Transportation Board has taken a significant step in modernizing its regulatory processes by proposing to eliminate its long-standing [...]

Beautiful pieces of music are created every day all over the world. The talent, the inspiration and the hard work of musicians creating these music works are undoubtedly worth being [...]

In May 2017, the Irish Government signed a commencement order giving immediate effect to the 'Alternative A' insolvency remedy of the Aircraft Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International [...]

On September 28th and 29th The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) held its annual STEP Latin America (LATAM) conference in Cartagena, Colombia. It was held under the theme [...]

Enforcing an award where the supervising court has set it aside The claimant in this case had obtained an award from a Russian arbitral body. That award was then set [...]

One of the ways in which trade mark owners in Australia may apply for registration of their trade mark internationally is via a treaty known as the Madrid Protocol. A [...]

On the 5th of September 2017, Legal Notice 222 of 2017 entitled the Merchant Shipping (Ballast Water Management Convention) Regulations 2017 (hereinafter 'the Regulations'), was published in the Government Gazette. [...]

Vietnam's new Civil Code and how it affects commercial contracts. Presentation slides from the German Business Association meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on 11 September 2017: 170911 GBA - [...]

Cyprus signed the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence on 16 June 2015. The legislative process of incorporating the convention into domestic [...]

At the FIDIC International Contract Users Conference in London late last year, the pre-release of FIDIC's Yellow Book ('Second Edition') was revealed, with the objective of it being officially released [...]

Q: We've heard about the expiration of the 'grandfather clause' (in French, clause grand-père) in the Cape Town Convention, whereby pre-existing rights and interests or their priorities in a State [...]

Alternative A of the Cape Town Convention [1] now has the force of law in Ireland, following signing of an Order by the Irish Government on 10 May 2017. The [...]

Last week, along with many of you, we attended the ACI Drug and Medical Device Conference in New York City. The quality of the presentations was uniformly high, and the [...]