About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

10 Int'l L. Update 1 (2004)

handle is hein.journals/intlwup10 and id is 1 raw text is: A monthly report on public and private international legal developments
Interationa( Law Upbate
Editors: Professor John R. Schmertz, Jr., Georretown Universit. Law Center, and Mike Meier, Esq.
Vol. 10                                                           January 2004

January Highlights
,w English Family Court decides whether
Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of
International Child Abduction  and
United Kingdom's implementing statute
authorize  it to   order   interim
arrangements, including    possible
electronic tagging, to ensure that Irish
mother and child she abducted from
California  remain  within  English
Court's jurisdiction pending further
proceedings (page 2)
-w As matter of first impression, Fifth
Circuit determines whether anti-
discrimination provisions of Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) apply to
foreign-flagged cruise ships (page 4)
_-w In securities action where plaintiffs
sought production of documents from
Dutch auditor, Second Circuit rules on
whether foreign clients' documents
originally submitted to its New York law
firm enjoy any further protection after
client has authorized firm to disclose
them  to Securities and Exchange
Commission (page 5)
-w In 6 to 3 split, Supreme Court of
Canada decides whether Canadian
courts should enforce substantial default
judgment entered by Florida court
against Canadian citizens in litigation
over their Florida land (page 6)

-w On interlocutory appeal, District of
Columbia Circuit determines, in light of
Supreme Court's ruling in Republic of
Argentina v. Weltover, whether alleged
breach of payment obligation within
United States can be enough to support
federal subject matterjurisdiction under
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act based
on its direct effect test (page 9)
-w Second Circuit rules on whether
alleged al Qaeda operative who was
seized in the United States is entitled as
American   citizen  to  constitutional
protections and whether government can
hold him incommunicado in military
custody   based   on   Presidential
designation as enemy combatant (page
Jo)
w- Ninth Circuit decides whether United
States exercises territorial jurisdiction
and sovereignty over Guantanamo Bay
naval base located in Cuba, so that
federal district courts have jurisdiction
over habeas corpus petitions of foreign
detainees held there (page 12)
IN BRIEF TOPICS INCLUDE: U.S. and
four  Central American     countries
conclude Free Trade Act. - EU rescinds
retaliatory customs measures on steeL -
Peru regains funds misappropriated
during Fujimori regime. - EU imposes
countermeasures in foreign   sales
corporation dispute with U.S. - French
court awards substantial damages against
Morgan Stanley (page 14)

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most