A U.S. gas company has sued four Russian defendants in the Southern District of New York for seizing helium containers that the gas company had sent to Russia pursuant to a helium supply contract. One ...

Editors’ Note: This post is cross-published at Just Security. In April, I wrote that Nicolás Maduro was likely to argue that he is immune from prosecution for cocaine importation, weapons possession, ...

The task of deciding whether a forum selection clause should be given effect can be burdensome. A federal court must evaluate whether the clause is valid. It must interpret the clause to determine ...

In July 2022, I authored a blog post about a Ferrari F50 that was sitting in a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol warehouse in upstate New York while a federal court tried to sort out who owned it. I ...

This is just a reminder for those in the DC area that on Thursday and Friday the George Washington Law Review is hosting a symposium about the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which turns 50 this ...

Editors’ Note: This post is cross-published at Just Security. In April, I wrote that Nicolás Maduro was likely to argue that he is immune from prosecution for cocaine importation, weapons possession, ...

Arthur Ashe Stadium by Wally Gobetz, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Many professional athletes compete at the international level, and some have accused the governing bodies of various sports of unlawfully ...

Last Friday, Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler (District of Utah) granted a motion for alternative service of process, allowing the plaintiff in Univera Brands, LLC v. Hawk Sports Industries, Germany, GmbH ...

Many professional athletes compete at the international level, and some have accused the governing bodies of various sports of unlawfully restricting global competition for their services. When ...

Over the past several months, three state appellate courts in the United States have examined whether a “talaq” divorce obtained in another country is entitled to recognition as a matter of comity. In ...