In 1982, in the wake of Iran's Islamic revolution, McKesson hired Winston & Strawn's Mark Bravin to sue the Republic over its seizure of the company's interest in an Iranian dairy company. Three decades later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has finally reached a determination that could bring the case to a close.

Second Circuit courts may no longer presume that a copyright holder will suffer irreparable harm if it is likely to prevail on the merits. Salinger's family must now go back to district court to meet this new test in their battle against a book based on The Catcher in the Rye.