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New York Law Journal

Gibson Dunn Takes On Suit To Enforce Overdue $1.48 Billion Arbitral Award

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Patria y Vida': A Chorus of Free Expression for Cubans

On July 11, for the first time in decades, the world watched as thousands of Cuban citizens poured into the streets in peaceful demonstration against their government demanding, above all else, freedom.
8 minute read

International Edition

Claudia Salomon, ICC Arbitration Court's First Woman President, Sets Her Agenda

Chief among Salomon's goals in her new role are increasing diversity in the ranks of arbitrators, promoting the role of the ICC court in Paris—and learning French.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Eligibility for Leasehold Tax Exemption Extended to Foreign Governments

New York City's status as a hub for foreign government offices provides a permanent source of demand for real estate, with a long-term need for space and one that is less susceptible than private investment to market cycles or the vicissitudes of the economy.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

The DOJ's Expanded Subpoena Powers Are Not Without Limits

Section 6308 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 expands the authority of the Departments of Treasury and Justice to seek and obtain banking records located abroad, while limiting the ability of foreign financial institutions to oppose production of those documents. In this article, the authors discuss why they believe §6308 was not intended to upend traditional processes designed to respect the sovereignty of foreign nations.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ameliorative Measures Gut the Grave Risk Exception Under the Hague Convention

'Ameliorative measures' do not protect children facing 'grave risk of harm' upon return to home country under the Hague Convention and consideration of such measures should be eliminated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cheers to the End of the Alcohol Tariffs!

There will be no tariffs for the next five years, while the parties work on a comprehensive settlement.
7 minute read

International Edition

Prosecutors for Murdered Dutch Lawyer Seek Life Sentences

The murder of crime lawyer Derk Wiersum in 2019 is thought to be connected with the Dutch 'mafia'.
2 minute read

International Edition

Hong Kong-China Cross Border Insolvency Agreement Gives Creditors Greater Access to Assets in China

As a result of a recent signing between Hong Kong and Chinese officials, assets tied up in China that were previously hard to reach may be more readily accessible to creditors outside of the PRC.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

'FRG v. Philipp' and the FSIA: The U.S. Supreme Court Misapprehends the Holocaust

The U.S. Supreme Court in 'Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp' recently held that the 1935 sale of various cultural artifacts by their Jewish owners to the Nazi regime was insufficient to overcome Germany's presumptive immunity against suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. A central flaw in its analysis implicates the decision's soundness.
10 minute read

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