On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. et al. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. et al. (605 U.S. ___ (2025)), holding that personal jurisdiction exists over an enforcement action...more
6/9/2025
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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
International Arbitration ,
International Shoe Co v Washington ,
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Sovereign Immunity
In a January 17, 2023 Client Alert, we addressed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari in CMB Monaco v. Smagin and Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, two cases which concern the use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...more
7/10/2023
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Domestic Injury ,
Embezzlement ,
Foreign Arbitral Awards ,
Fraud ,
Money Laundering ,
RICO ,
Russia ,
SCOTUS ,
Shell Corporations ,
Yegiazaryan v Smagin
On December 19, 2022, the SDNY further restricted the use of Section 1782 discovery by ruling that an ICSID tribunal constituted under the Italy-Panama BIT does not qualify as a “foreign or international tribunal” within the...more
On June 13, 2022, in a unanimous consolidated decision authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the scope of 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) (Section 1782), which authorizes federal courts to order...more
On March 1, 2022, the United States became the sixth State to sign the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (“Judgments Convention”). If ratified, the...more
In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al. and agreed to address the question of whether federal courts may authorize discovery pursuant to...more
On February 3, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its anticipated decision in Germany v. Philipp, a case implicating the exception to foreign sovereign immunity for claims arising out of “property taken in violation of...more
As we reported in our November 2, 2020 client alert, on September 22, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 cannot be used in support of Private Arbitration. We noted in our...more
On September 22, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously ruled in Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al, No. 19-1847, 2020 WL 5640466 (7th Cir. Sept. 22, 2020), that 28 U.S.C. §...more