I say all the time that we ain’t building rockets here. But we are building a ship of sorts, and a leaky vessel means the cargo may not make it to its destination. Serving process
How to Serve Process in Cyprus
Things are different overseas. Get used to it.
With all the America-First hype swirling about the country, it’s never been more important to remind lawyers that things simply don’t work over there the same way they work here. Global commerce isn’t going away, folks. Tariffs notwithstanding, we still need goods from abroad to carry on our
Chinese Companies and the FSIA
Big in the news of late: Huawei and the Trump Administration’s ban.
- From CNN: US bans Huawei from selling telecom gear and threatens its supply chain
- CNN again: With a stroke of his pen, Trump worsens Europe’s Huawei dilemma
- CNBC: China says any further action
HELMS-BURTON TITLE III EFFECTIVE
The Trump Administration has fully implemented Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, which allows suits to proceed in U.S. courts against companies that do business in Cuba and profit from the use of property expropriated after
SCOTUS solidifies FSIA service logic
Last fall, I posted “FSIA Service… it’s really not that difficult” following several very poorly titled articles describing the Trump Administration’s support of a foreign government’s argument in a sovereign immunity case. Sudan had asserted that
Translation: it’s not about the defendant!
Here we go again. I’ve written before in this space that, yes, counsel, you do have to translate that thing.
But resistance keeps coming up in the legal community: “oh, come on, the defendant lived in Chicago* for twelve years– the guy speaks
How to Serve Process in the British Virgin Islands
We ain’t building rockets here. But we are building a ship of sorts, and a leaky hull means the cruise ship might not get you to that cabana sheltered rum drink you’ve been craving. Serving process in the British Virgin
How to Serve Process in The Bahamas
Serving Overseas: Estate Planning Litigation
It happens all the time.
I’ll give a lecture or mention what I do at a bar association event, and the colleague I just met will
Cuba Litigation under Helms-Burton Title III? You still have to properly serve.
[UPDATE, May 3, 2019… The tsunami now begins. Title III of the Helms-Burton Act has been implemented.]
With all the fanfare this month over the government shutdown and the Kansas City Chiefs’ coin-toss defeat in the AFC Championship, a little-noticed story