Eleventh Circuit holds that parties to private international commercial arbitral tribunals may seek discovery assistance from district courts in aid of arbitration *

USA - August 13 2012
On June 25, 2012, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones S.A. v. JAS Forwarding (USA) that proceedings before private international arbitration panels fall within the scope of 28 U.S.C. 1782 (Section 1782).

Co-authors: Mark D. Beckett, Marc R. Suskin.

US Supreme Court holds that liability under the Torture Victim Protection Act extends only to natural persons and does not extend to organizations *

USA - May 24 2012
On April 18, 2012, the US Supreme Court in Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority unanimously held that the term “individual” under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA) encompasses only natural persons and does not extend to organizations.

Co-authors: Mark D. Beckett, Richard P. Bress.

Foreign investors threatened by Indian measures seek remedies through international investment arbitration *

India - May 17 2012
The Indian government recently began implementing taxation and telecom license cancelation measures that may affect a large number of foreign investors.

Co-authors: Rachel W. Thorn, Mark D. Beckett, Charles Claypoole, Sebastian Seelmann-Eggebert.

US federal district court orders claimant in ICSID investment arbitration to turn over any award proceeds to judgment creditors of its corporate "alter ego" *

USA - October 5 2010
On September 27, 2010, the Southern District of New York held that the claimant entity in a long-running World Bank arbitration against Turkey, Libananco Holdings Co. Limited (Libananco), is the corporate alter ego of the Turkish Uzan family.

Co-authors: Robert Volterra, Stephen Fietta.