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National Law Journal

Lost in Translation? Veteran Defender Abbe Lowell Makes Case at Extradition Hearing

For veteran defense lawyer Abbe Lowell of Winston & Strawn, the case has called for an education in Japanese law—and the language—as he has argued against a request backed by the U.S. Justice Department for the extradition of two men to face allegations in Tokyo that they aided auto executive Carlos Ghosn's extraordinary escape.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Law Firm Helps Burundian Asylum Seeker End 5-Year Flight From Tyranny: A Q&A With Sidley's David Sillers

Texas Lawyer spoke with Sidley Austin attorney David Sillers about a pro bono case that secured permanent asylum for a Burundian journalist and Red Cross employee who had been tortured and marked for death.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

FIFA Decision Confirms Long Arm of Honest Services Fraud

In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert discuss the Second Circuit's decision in 'Napout,' which illustrates that if investigators find use of the U.S. banking system in carrying out a scheme, few practical limits will be placed on U.S. prosecutors' ability to reach alleged misconduct anywhere in the world.
12 minute read

Legaltech News

Technology Turmoil: The Impact of India Banning Chinese Apps

Given India has approximately over 574 million Internet users, a recent ban on apps such as TikTok, Helo and WeChat has a major impact. Here's how the ban occurred, and what comes next.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

How to Respond to Respondents' Non-Participation in International Arbitration

In times of increasing risks of insolvency, as well as trade and travel restrictions, this article identifies issues tribunals and claimants need to consider when facing a non-participating respondent in international arbitration.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

City Bar Denounces Trump Order Threatening Sanctions Against International Court Lawyers Investigating Possible US War Crimes

"This attempt to use executive power to infringe upon the independence of a judicial institution contravenes established principles of judicial independence both in the U.S. and around the world," writes the bar association in an eight-page report denouncing the June executive order.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Rising Stars: Juan Pomes, 35

The more stones you turn, the stronger your story will be. And people (including arbitrators) love a good story.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Rising Stars: Mercedes Morno, 30

I find that being genuine and kind goes a long way.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Prosecuting Fútbol Executives in the Land of Soccer

In their column on International Criminal Law and Enforcement, Vera M. Kachnowski and Jolène LaVigne-Albert discuss a recent Second Circuit opinion showing how the honest services fraud statute may be used in situations with seemingly tenuous connection to the U.S.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

SCOTUS "Clarifies" "Habitual Residence" Under the Hague Convention

After several decades of inconsistent interpretations by federal courts of the term "country of habitual residence" that is key to the cases under the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the U.S. Supreme Court finally has spoken. Or has it?
8 minute read

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