Alan E Rothman

September 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

An early vetting rule is a modest, simple and cost-effective reform to a problem of mega proportions for the federal docket and litigants.

By Alan E. Rothman

6 minute read

March 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Lester M. Kirshenbaum and Alan E. Rothman write: A very recent Southern District decision contains a number of significant rulings, including some of apparent first impression, which should facilitate the recognition and enforcement within the United States of pecuniary international arbitration awards against foreign sovereigns related to private investments in foreign countries.

By Lester M. Kirshenbaum and Alan E. Rothman

10 minute read

March 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Lester M. Kirshenbaum and Alan E. Rothman write: A very recent Southern District decision contains a number of significant rulings, including some of apparent first impression, which should facilitate the recognition and enforcement within the United States of pecuniary international arbitration awards against foreign sovereigns related to private investments in foreign countries.

By Lester M. Kirshenbaum and Alan E. Rothman

10 minute read

October 31, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Lester M. Kirshenbaum and Alan E. Rothman analyze 'Motorola Credit Corp. v. Standard Chartered Bank', a recent Court of Appeals decision that adversely impacts on New York judgment creditors' rights to collect on judgments against defendants' funds located outside of the United States.

By Lester M. Kirshenbaum and Alan E. Rothman

8 minute read

March 08, 2005 | New York Law Journal

David Klingsberg, special counsel with Kaye Scholer, and Alan E. Rothmanm, an associate with the firm, write that, historically, Congress had limited the constitutional grant of federal diversity jurisdiction by requiring "complete diversity" among all parties (no plaintiff is a citizen of the same state as any defendant), imposing a jurisdictional minimum and raising that minimum five times. That is no longer the case.

By David Klingsberg and Alan E. Rothman

11 minute read