News & Analysis as of

International Arbitration Personal Jurisdiction

Fox Rothschild LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That Federal Courts Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Authority in Damages...

Fox Rothschild LLP on

In 2019, Congress enacted the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which created jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

If The Shoe Doesn’t Fit: Supreme Court Rejects “Minimum Contacts” For Personal Jurisdiction Under FSIA

The Supreme Court recently confirmed in a unanimous decision the requirements for personal jurisdiction over foreign states when parties seek to confirm international arbitration awards, but important questions remain. In...more

WilmerHale

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That FSIA Does Not Require Plaintiffs to Prove Minimum Contacts to Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over a...

WilmerHale on

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not require plaintiffs to show that a foreign state...more

White & Case LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Holds that the FSIA Does Not Require Proof of “Minimum Contacts” for a U.S. Court to Exercise Personal...

White & Case LLP on

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. The Court clarified that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act permits a U.S. court to exercise personal...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Supreme Court Clarifies FSIA Personal Jurisdiction Standard

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd., et al. v. Antrix Corp., et al., No. 23-1201 held that personal jurisdiction exists over a foreign entity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)...more

King & Spalding

Supreme Court Rejects “Minimum Contacts” Analysis for Award Enforcement Under the FSIA

King & Spalding on

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

Miller Canfield

U.S. Courts Can Recognize a Foreign Judgment Even Without Personal Jurisdiction

Miller Canfield on

A recent federal court decision underscores a critical point for parties seeking to enforce foreign judgments in the U.S.: recognition of a foreign judgment does not require personal jurisdiction over the defendant....more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Fifth Circuit Highlights the Jurisdictional Challenges of Enforcing a Foreign Arbitral Award Against a Non-Resident...

Jenner & Block on

In a decision of potential importance to arbitral award creditors and debtors, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reversed a federal district court decision confirming an English arbitral award on the...more

BCLP

Attempt to resist enforcement of a PRC arbitral award in Hong Kong, by arguing that the arbitration agreement was tainted by...

BCLP on

Shenzhen Honeycomb System Co Ltd v HCT Technologies (Hong Kong) Co Limited (HCCT 20/2019, [2020] HKCFI 3175, 31 December 2020) confirms the Hong Kong court’s pro-arbitration and pro-enforcement approach. The case involved...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Is your country party to any bilateral or multilateral treaties for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments? What (in general terms) is the country’s approach to entering into these treaties and what...more

White & Case LLP

Anti-enforcement injunctions: Court of Appeal protects its jurisdiction over English assets

White & Case LLP on

The Court of Appeal has granted an anti-enforcement injunction restraining a US company from taking steps to enforce a US judgment in the US courts where such enforcement exorbitantly interferes with the jurisdiction of the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Sixth Circuit Changes Landscape of Discovery in Aid of International Commercial Arbitration

McDermott Will & Schulte on

There has been considerable debate about what qualifies as a “tribunal” under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), which enables courts to order discovery from a party or non-party for use in a proceeding before “a foreign or international...more

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR...

Federal Courts Should Rethink the Personal Jurisdiction Requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1782

The increasingly popular federal statute concerning cross-border judicial assistance, 28 U.S.C. § 1782, enables a District Court to order a “person” that “resides or is found” within its jurisdiction to produce evidence for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Discovery in International Arbitration: The Ever-Expanding Scope

Holland & Knight LLP on

Two recent U.S. federal appellate court decisions addressing a U.S. statute often used to obtain discovery for use in international arbitration will have a significant impact on the conduct of cross-border dispute resolution....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The World in US Courts: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

The Global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP takes great pride in announcing the Fall 2015 edition of The World in US Courts: Orrick’s Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law To Global Business and...more

King & Spalding

Recent New York Decisions Bolster Right to Broad Discovery in Aid of Judgments

King & Spalding on

New York is a key venue for the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, and two recent decisions concerning post-judgment discovery demonstrate that while courts will apply their execution and garnishment authority with...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recent Cases Are Likely to Reduce the Use of New York Courts for 'Turnover' Actions"

New York's position as a global financial center means litigants often have sought to use New York courts as a forum to enforce judgments or arbitration awards against foreign entities. In reality, the burden of enforcement...more

King & Spalding

Energy Newsletter - June 2013

King & Spalding on

In This Issue: - TRANSACTIONAL: Corporate/London: - Shareholders' Agreements for LNG Midstream Projects - Upstream Developments – Latin America Foreign Exchange Controls in Venezuela Strangle...more

18 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:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide