In May 2019, the United States government made available a private right of action under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (also known as Helms-Burton), 22 U.S.C. §§ 6021-6091....more
Earlier this year, the Trump administration activated a previously dormant statutory provision in the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996. The statute, also known as the Helms-Burton Act (Act),...more
6/18/2019
/ Asset Seizure ,
Confiscated Property ,
Cruise Ships ,
Cuba ,
Damages ,
Exceptions ,
Helms-Burton Act ,
Hotels ,
Private Right of Action ,
Secretary of State ,
Telecommunications ,
Title III ,
Trafficking ,
Travel ,
Treble Damages ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC)
In April 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. government would allow a private right of action, created by Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (also known as...more
5/10/2019
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Canada ,
Confiscated Property ,
Cuba ,
EU ,
Expropriation ,
FSCS ,
Helms-Burton Act ,
Personal Remittance Caps ,
Private Right of Action ,
Sanction Suspensions ,
Sanctions ,
Third-Party ,
Title III ,
Trafficking ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Treble Damages ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
US Department of State
On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico and Canada announced they had reached an agreement to revamp the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which now will be known as the United...more
10/3/2018
/ Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Canada ,
Expropriation ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Arbitration ,
Investor Protection ,
Investors ,
Mexico ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
NAFTA ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
On January 12, 2018, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. (In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation), No. 16-1220. The issue before the Supreme Court is...more
1/26/2018
/ Animal Science Products Inc v Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Appeals ,
Certiorari ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Comity ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
Foreign Sovereigns ,
International Litigation ,
Judicial Deference ,
Judicial Review ,
MOFCOM ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Price-Fixing ,
SCOTUS ,
Sherman Act ,
The Clayton Act ,
Trump Administration ,
Vacated
NAFTA’s Future Looks Increasingly Uncertain -
The United States, Mexico and Canada have now completed the fifth round of negotiations concerning the renegotiation of NAFTA, and the future of the treaty is looking...more
12/19/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Bonds ,
Canada ,
Cuba ,
Default ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ,
Financial Crisis ,
ICSID ,
International Arbitration ,
Jurisdiction ,
Latin America ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Negotiations ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Personal Property ,
Peru ,
Poison Pill ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Debt ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Treaties ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela ,
Venezuela v Helmerich & Payne ,
Writ of Attachment