USA - April 22 2020
As the discussion about “reopening” the economy intensifies, an important legal question has arisen: What authority, if any, does the federal…
Scott Carlton, Nicole D. Lueddeke
USA - August 29 2018
On August 23, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. government’s attempt to serve a criminal summons on Pangang Group Company, Ltd…
Nathan F. Brown, Serli Polatoglu
Canada, USA - June 1 2017
In Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon, a unanimous Supreme Court resolved a long-standing circuit split by holding that the Hague Service Convention (the…
Bryant P. Lin, Igor V. Timofeyev
USA - December 1 2016
As of December 1, 2016, the federal government’s ability to initiate criminal proceedings against foreign corporations became less complicated…
Brian S. Kaewert, Thomas P. O'Brien
USA - November 23 2016
On November 15, 2016, a United States District Judge sentenced the owner/president of Oasis Brands, Inc. (“Oasis”), Christian Rivas, to 15-months’…
Janice J. Lee, Thomas P. O'Brien, Seril Polatoglu