![handle is hein.journals/intlwup18 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME I8
January-March 2012
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A monthly report on public and private
international legal developments
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District of Columbia Circuit considers the
appealability of stay order and applicability of a writ of
mandamus in case seeking to enforce a foreign arbitral
award > PAGE 2
Fifth Circuit reviews dismissal of wrongful death claim
to determine whether Louisiana's choice of law statute
called for the application of foreign nation's statute of
limitations PAGE 4
U.S. Supreme Court reviews Circuit Court opinion
on Congressional enactment of section 514 of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) which
removes certain copyrighted work from the public
domain > PAGE 5
Second Circuit ponders whether the for use
language of 28 U.S.C. 1782, the federal act which
enables federal courts to honor discovery requests
from foreign tribunals, limits its scope to evidence
which the specific foreign tribunal would admit under
its own evidence rules 1 PAGE 7
Fourth Circuit reviews whether a complaint that
alleges unlawful detention as an enemy combatant
gives rise to a cause of action upon which one may
recover compensatory damages against United States
government officials 0' PAGE 8
Ninth Circuit considers whether Section 354.4 of the
California Code of Civil Procedure, which provides
monetary compensation to victims of the Armenian
Genocide, is pre-empted by the Federal Government's
constitutional grant of power over foreign affairs
0 PAGE 10
Fourth Circuit reviews district court's ruling that
a former Congressman had violated the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by conspiring with
and receiving bribes from a United States corporation
in exchange for engaging in official acts favoring the
Nigerian government0' PAGE 12
In determining the proper calculation of a damage
award, the District of Columbia Circuit evaluates a
district court's conclusion that compound interest on
an Iranian money judgment is an available remedy
under applicable Iranian law ' PAGE 13
Sixth Circuit rules on whether district court's dismissal
of a lawsuit for lack of personal jurisdiction over a
Russian citizen was proper where the suit concerned
a contract entered into in a foreign country and
Defendant's Ohio real estate and his physical contacts
with Ohio were marginal 0 PAGE 15
Second Circuit reviews district court's grant of
preliminary injunction to determine whether the
plaintiff had demonstrated a valid legal basis for the
grant 0'PAGE 17
The United Kingdom Supreme Court determines
whether a U. S. money judgment against Argentina
may be enforced in England [1] only if the New
York court had applied United Kingdom rules on
the exceptions to sovereign immunity and [2] only if
the sovereign judgment debtor is not immune from
English execution procedures 0 PAGE I
In case brought by relatives of five English civilians and
one soldier killed in United Kingdom sector during
Iraq hostilities, a Grand Chamber of the European
Court of Human Rights applies the European Human
Rights Convention in deciding whether it should hold
the United Kingdom government liable for appropriate
wrongful death damages and litigation expenses
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