How one mother violated international law in custody case - Child Custody - Seder & Chandler, LLP
by Donald W. Hudspeth, ESQ. A decade or more ago a client of our business law firm needed some advice on an international transaction. We called several local firms that we thought might do…
Towards Relative Normativity in International Law? - Volume 77 Issue 3 - Prosper Weil
Sophisticated New Orleans business and commercial lawyers on your side: Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C., 504-299-2100.
Session I, 9:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. International Arbitration
International arbitration is becoming a more common forum for the resolution of disputes arising out of international transactions, such as the purchase of insurance in the international marketplace. Focusing on international insurance arbitration, this presentation compares international arbitration proceedings to litigation in the United States. After this seminar, attendees will be able to: (a) recognize the benefits and pitfalls…
American Journal of International Law - José Enrique Alvarez, Benedict Kingsbury
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By: Gary J. Shaw | April 11, 2014 - 5:35pm
Thursday afternoon’s panel shared its subject matter with the overarching theme of this year’s annual meeting: The Effectiveness of International Law. While many other discussions this week considered the effectiveness of particular subjects of international law (i.e. the UN protection machinery or international trade law), this panel took a general approach to the question and…
Law allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia “poses no risk of exposing U.S. service members to lawsuits in foreign courts” By Brian P. McGlinchey As Saudi lobbyists continue to fly U…
Having set the rhetorical bar high during his campaign, President Trump has taken several steps attempting to make good on his promise to restrict immigration. Arguably, the most controversial of those – “The Wall” notwithstanding – is his executive order to ban U.S. entry to travelers, including refugees, from six Muslim-majority nations: Yemen, Syria, Sudan, …
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The fourth annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law
When: Thursday, April 13, 2017, 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. EST
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While the potential benefits of collecting vast amounts of metadata for governments and businesses are obvious, this data collection also poses a number of difficulties regarding internationally recognized rights to privacy, information, expression, and association. Confusion over the boundaries between “good” and “bad” uses…
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By: Diane Marie Amann | April 11, 2014 - 12:58pm
The President of the International Court of Justice spoke for a banquet room full of women and men yesterday when he said, “I am just here to share in the joy of my colleagues.” The colleagues of whom ICJ President Peter Tomka spoke were Judges Joan E. Donoghue, Julie Sebutinde, and Xue Hanqin. The three women received the Prominent Women in International Law Award during the Women in International Law Interest Group…
Today, the historic Paris Agreement , our first global agreement to limit carbon emissions and keep the global average temperature increase below 20C, officially became international law. Happy Friday, Earth
192 countries signed the historic agreement in Paris, including the United States, agreeing to reduce carbon pollution at the 2015 gathering of countries engaged in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change . To date…
C&M has been recognized as a top international law firm for its legal work in Latin America by Latinvex, a leading publisher of business and legal news about the region. Click to read this news item.
In this episode, Peter speaks with Brian Socolow, the Co-Chair of the Sports group at Loeb & Loeb, an international law firm. Brian speaks about his career as an attorney practicing “spor…
White & Case held a panel event "Perspectives for the European financial market in a volatile environment" in Berlin during the 21st German Banking congress. The panel included Lord Darling the former Chancellor, Claire Jones the Bureau chief of Financial Times in Germany, Marcel Fratzscher, a leading German Economist as well as our own partners Oliver Brettle, Henning Berger and Dennis Heuer.
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International Law Enforcement: The Easy Way
By Sean C. Griffin on 2.18.15 Posted in General
By either the easy way or the hard way, most international companies have learned that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) prohibits offering foreign officials gifts to obtain or retain a business advantage. Similarly, many companies are learning that, despite the widespread notion that Japan…
In her new role as president of the American Society of International Law—which carries a two-year term—Lori Damrosch will direct an organization whose very mission, as she will readily quote from memory, “is to foster the study of international law and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law and justice.”
David A. Shuford, an attorney with Robinson Bradshaw, has been elected to the North Carolina Bar Association’s International Law & Practice Section Council. Shuford will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2013
The NCBA International Law & Practice Section reviews developments in international law that may affect North Carolina, sponsors continuing legal education programs and services, provides members with a substantive newsletter and helps mold…
Stephane Beaulac (University of Montreal - Faculty of Law) has posted Canada - Thinking Outside the Dualist Box? Surely Not Yet! (F.M. Palombino (ed.), Supremacy of International Law vs. National Fundamental Principles – A Comparative Law Perspective, Cheltenham U.K.: Edward...