In Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court and Ford Motor Co. v. Bandemer, issued Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court rejected Ford Motor Company’s challenge to two state courts’ assertion of specific...more
Non-U.S. companies are routinely sued in the U.S. over disputes principally or exclusively involving their U.S. subsidiaries. In many instances, these non-U.S. companies should not even have their cases litigated in U.S....more
3/22/2019
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Defense Strategies ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Entities ,
Jurisdiction ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Multinationals ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
RICO ,
Risk Management ,
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The World in U.S. Courts was launched as a quarterly publication almost five years ago to catalogue new U.S. court decisions discussing some of the unique risks and opportunities for parties based in other countries. A few...more
On June 19, the US Supreme Court decided Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, a case that may make efforts to litigate national product liability and consumer protection suits against non-US companies...more
The US Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) codifies the doctrine of sovereign immunity and generally prohibits lawsuits in US courts against non-US sovereigns. But the FSIA has an exception where, among other things, a...more
Non-U.S. banks with branches in New York and elsewhere in the United States find themselves sued or otherwise exposed to judicial orders in American courts with regularity. The cases reflect the full range of U.S. legal...more
7/22/2015
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Antitrust Litigation ,
Appeals ,
Asset Freeze ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Compliance ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cuba ,
DaimlerChrysler v Bauman ,
Due Process ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Banks ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Gucci ,
Libor ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Non-US Entities ,
NYDFS ,
People's Bank of China ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Racketeering ,
RICO ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement
In this issue, we discuss 28 new decisions by courts across the country and other authorities that address the "extraterritoriality" of US law, and consider whether disputes involving conduct outside the country may be...more
The fight against sophisticated online schemes to sell counterfeit or otherwise illegal goods is being waged by increasingly focused efforts to identify responsible parties that may be sued in U.S. courts, and whose assets...more
6/15/2013
/ CAN-SPAM Act ,
Class Action ,
Computer Crimes Act ,
Conspiracies ,
Counterfeiting ,
Dismissals ,
False Marking ,
Foreign Banks ,
Illegal Drugs ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Prescription Drugs ,
RICO ,
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