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16 Int'l L. Update 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/intlwup16 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 16 1 January 2010

A monthly report on public and private
international legal developments

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In multi-national child custody dispute, Third
Circuit applies Younger abstention to review
appeal from Delaware Family Court's registration
and enforcement of French court's custody orders
1 PAGE 2
Second Circuit reviews dismissal of WWII claims
against insurance company and applies Garamendi
case; foreign policy of U.S. favors resolution of
such   claims  within   International  Commission
on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC),
preempting conflicting state-law claims > PAGE 3
In dismissal of defamation lawsuit for alleged acts that
took place in Iraq, Fourth Circuit [1] reviews whether
Defendant's motion to dismiss was premature since
Plaintiff was about to amend his Complaint, and [2]
provides guidance as to forurm non conveniens issues
) PAGE 5

Eleventh Circuit ponders default judgment by
Georgia federal court against Kuwaiti company where
Defendant company lacks minimum contacts with
Georgia ) PAGE 6
English Court of Appeal considers appeal by Foreign
Secretary to keep secret certain limited intelligence
information about alleged torture of British resident
by United States agents 0 PAGE 7
W here four appellants suspected of links to terrorism
had challenged Orders in Council under which UK
Treasury had frozen their assets, United Kingdom
Supreme Court unanimously quashed them as ultra
vires but pursuant to three distinct lines of reasoning:
(1) that relevant UN Security Council Resolutions
against terrorism fell outside terms of 1946 United
Nations Act- or (2) that said Orders violated individual
rights protected by European Convention on Human
Rights; or (3) that terms of freezing orders themselves
exceeded powers granted by 1946Act 1 PAGE 10

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