News & Analysis as of

Corporate Counsel › Jurisdiction › Extraterritoriality Rules

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Courts Continue to Find the Federal Trade Secrets Act Reaches Extraterritorial Conduct

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on

Summary - Courts across the country have found that the DTSA can reach a foreign defendant’s conduct when — in the words of 18 U.S.C. § 1837(2) — “an act in furtherance” of the misappropriation was committed in the United...more

K&L Gates LLP

Key Takeaways and Q&As to Understand China's Effort to Establish Its Own Legal Regime of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

K&L Gates LLP on

On 10 June 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress reviewed and approved the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (the AFSL), which took effect on the same day. The AFSL was enacted within two months and without...more

Hogan Lovells

Should I Be Worried About the GDPR? – EDPB’S Guidelines on the GDPR’S Territorial Scope

Hogan Lovells on

Does the GDPR really apply to my company? From a data protection standpoint, this is the first thing that comes to mind within non-EU companies. In many cases, the GDPR seems like an issue of the Old Continent, so some assume...more

Jones Day

Tenth Circuit Holds Federal Securities Laws Apply Extraterritorially In Enforcement Actions

Jones Day on

The Situation: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws apply extraterritorially in enforcement actions commenced by the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New Jersey Court Expands Coverage: New Jersey Law Against Discrimination May Apply to Telecommuter Located in Massachusetts

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 2, 2018, the New Jersey Appellate Division reversed an order granting summary judgment to Defendant Legal Cost Control, Inc., finding that New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) may apply to...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Trade Secrets: Changes In The Law On Protection Of Trade Secrets In The United States And European Union

Ladas & Parry LLP on

Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in both the United States and Europe in recent years. Traditionally, American law disfavored trade secret protection vis à vis patenting on the basis that publication of...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Second Circuit To Determine Whether Artful Pleading Can Extend FCPA Jurisdiction

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes on

Prosecutors in the District of Connecticut have appealed a district court’s ruling that conspiracy and aiding and abetting charges cannot be used to extend the FCPA’s jurisdictional reach. The FCPA has three...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human...

Alien Tort Case Development: Plaintiffs in Exxon Mobil Case Survive “Touch and Concern” Review

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on

Earlier this month, the District Court for the District of Columbia denied Exxon Mobil’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims in Doe I v. Exxon Mobil, a case brought pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”). Plaintiffs...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide