[A few short years ago, there was a country experiencing significant prosperity. The flow of credit within the economy was fluid, stock prices were at all time highs, and many people were becoming wealthy in due part to real estate...

It is my pleasure to announce that the Illinois Business Law Journal is moving to a new home on the Illinois Law website! Thank you for your patience as we finally complete our relocation process to the following web address:...

Austin Business Journal - Found Jun. 18, 2009 ... in-chief of International Labor and Employment Laws, Volume I, Third Edition and International ... Laws: A State-by-State Survey; and other ...

The second issue of French Journal du Droit International (also known as Clunet) has just been released. It contains seevral articles dealing with conflict issues. The author of the first is Anne-Sylvie Courdier-Cuisinier, who lectures at the University of Burgundy. This is a study of Assignment of Contracts in Private International Law (La cession conventionnelle de [...]

Jonathan Hill is Professor of Law at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Cross-Border Consumer Contracts (OUP 2008), The Conflict of Laws (with CMV Clarkson, 3rd edn, OUP 2006), International Commercial Disputes in English Courts (Hart 2005) and is a former editor of Dicey. Comments on the Review of the Brussels I Regulation Those [...]

Martin Illmer and Ben Steinbr?ck are research fellows at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg. They have both published in the area of international arbitration (including their Ph.D. theses). In our brief discussion of the interface between Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 (Brussels I) and arbitration we will focus on the proposals [...]

Caribbean Net News - Found Jun. 25, 2009 ... to a Tier 2 country of non-compliance with international laws regarding human trafficking. ... With respect to the legal and illegal migrant or

The service of a notarial act, in the absence of legal proceedings, falls within the scope of the judicial and extrajudicial documents Reg (EC 1348/2000) according to the ECJ in C-14/08 Roda Golf. Related posts:AG opinion on Roda Golf (Regulation N? 1348/00) ?On?OctobSpanish Reference for a Preliminary Ruling on the Service Regulation The SpaniComity and the [...]

The Anuario de Derecho Internacional Privado Espa?ol,vol. VIII, 2008 has just been released. These are its contents: Manuel D?ez de Velasco Vallejo, ?Adolfo Miaja de la Muela y el Derecho Internacional Privado espa?ol. A prop?sito de su centenario? ? DOCTRINA Andrea Bonomi ?El Reglamento Roma II y las relaciones con terceros Estados? Pedro J. Mart?nez-Fraga ?Estudio de los efectos del Convenio de Nueva [...]

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On November 19, 2008, the French Supreme Court for private matters (Cour de cassation) delivered an interesting judgment on the scope of the sovereign immunity of foreign states in France. The German state was the owner of a building which had been used in the past for the purpose of hosting first a NATO unit (possibly [...]

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French courts do not have contempt power. When they issue injunctions, the only available tool that they have to ensure compliance is astreinte. Astreinte is a pecuniary penalty?which typically accrues per day of non-compliance. For instance, a French commercial court may order a party to do something or to refrain from doing something under a [...]

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The University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law (Volume 30, Number 4) has recently published a symposium in celebration of its anniversary.? Private international lawyers will be interested in the following contributions: International Litigation and Arbitration Gary Born, The Principle of Judicial Non-Interference in International Arbitral Proceedings Catherine A. Rogers, Lawyers Without Borders David J. McLean, Toward [...]

Times of Oman - Found Jul. 10, 2009 ... firm cannot claim any ?extra legal rights ... to carry on their business subject to Indian laws. ... out that except for the International ...

Recently, the July/August issue of the German legal journal ?Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts? (IPRax) was released. It contains the following articles/case notes (including the reviewed decisions): Anatol Dutta: “Das Statut der Haftung aus Vertrag mit Schutzwirkung f?r Dritte” – the English abstract reads as follows: The autonomous characterisation of national legal institutions is one of the [...]

WorldNetDaily - Found 12 hours ago ... among law academics in that I consider international law to be essentially a legal fiction. ... Charles Montesquieu, 'The Spirit of the Laws' ...

The communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council titled “An area of freedom, security and justice serving the citizen” (COM(2009) 262 final) mentioned already in one of our previous posts, is now available. Of particular interest might be the following passages envisaging a communitarisation of choice of law rules in the field [...]

Arab News - Found 23 hours ago ... system to open the way for long-term legal residents to ... and the Saudi private sector are keen to apply international labor laws on the ...

The law firm merger market cooled off significantly during the second quarter of 2009, according to reports by a number of legal consultants. Hildebrandt International's latest MergerWatch found that nine U.S. law firms completed mergers and acquisitions during the quarter, compared to 33 during the first quarter. Similarly, Altman Weil's most recent MergerLine reported that mergers fell from 25 in the first quarter to seven during the second quarter — a 72% decrease.

The manufacturer of Bratz dolls has replaced its lawyers for the second time this year in preparation for the next phase of its long-running copyright battle with Mattel Inc., which makes Barbie dolls. MGA Entertainment Inc. is appealing a recent ruling that upheld a $100 million jury verdict reached last year against the company for copyright infringement and breach of contract. A second phase of the case is expected to focus on Mattel's claims that MGA stole trade secrets.

DLA Piper is laying off 21 associates and 100 staff members from its U.S. offices. The cuts are the second round of layoffs in the law firm's domestic offices this year. In February, it let go of 80 associates and 110 staffers. A firmwide memo on Wednesday announced that its reductions in February were designed to avoid cuts later in the year. "Unfortunately, economic weakness has continued," said the statement by Global Chairman Francis B. Burch Jr., Joint Chief Executive Lee Miller and U.S. Managing Partner J. Terence O'Malley.

After three years of law school, a hundred grand of debt and weeks sweating out a bar review and exam, it's time to start practicing law in earnest, right? At a handful of firms, the answer is fast becoming "not yet." These firms are putting new recruits through additional apprenticeship programs that they say will better train their attorneys for life at a law firm and for handling clients.

The Midsize Hot List includes 20 law firms — selected from a flood of nominations — that demonstrate exemplary innovation in practice management, fee arrangements, attorney recruitment and retention, and business development, especially in the face of current economic challenges. These firms have shown particular agility in adapting their practices to the recent changes in the legal services market. They range in size from 50 to 300 attorneys and are located across the country.

Victor P. Montoya joins Jackson Lewis as partner in Albuquerque, N.M. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.

Philadelphia-based Cozen O'Connor has promoted ten associates to partnership.

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Trevor Hartley (LSE) has published a new textbook entitled, International Commercial Litigation: Text, Cases and Materials on Private International Law, published by Cambridge University Press. Here’s the blurb: This carefully structured, practice-orientated textbook provides everything the law student needs to know about international commercial litigation. The strong comparative component provides a thought-provoking international perspective, while at [...]

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A very interesting book on conflict issues arising out of personal identity and name has been recently published by the Italian publishing house CEDAM. The volume, “Identit? personale e diritto internazionale privato“, is authored by Prof. Giulia Rossolillo (University of Pavia). Prof. Rossolillo carries on a thorough analysis of PIL issues relating to name, both [...]

I. Judgments on Brussels I: 1. SCT Industri AB i likvidation v. Alpenblume AB (C-111/08) The H?gsta domstolen (Sweden) had referred the following question to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling: Is the exclusion under Article 1(2)(b) of Regulation [No 44/2001] of bankruptcy, proceedings relating to the winding-up of insolvent companies or other legal persons, judicial arrangements, [...]

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The Faculty of?Law of the?University of Urbino will host this summer its 51st?Seminar of European Law. The majority of the courses taught over the two weeks of the seminar (17-29 August)?will deal with conflict issues, in particular?European regulations. Although courses can be taught in English, this is a franco-italian seminar where courses are typically taught in [...]

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Readers of this web site might find some of the following publications to be of interest.? I have tried to gather togther recent work by Canadian conflicts scholars.? Please post a comment if you are aware of another piece. Vaughan Black & Angela Swan, “Concurrent Judicial Jurisdiction: A Race to the Court House or to Judgment?” [...]

LONDON (AP) - An ugly scramble is brewing over the swine flu vaccine _ and when it becomes available, Britain, the United States and other nations could find that the contracts they signed with pharmaceutical companies are easily broken. Experts warn ...

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On a previous post (see here) I gave notice of?a Vienna Conference on Punitive Damages held in November 2008, organised by the Institute for European Tort Law and chaired by Sir Henry Brooke and Prof. Ken Oliphant. Following this event a book has just been published, entitled Punitive Damages: Common Law and Civil Law Perspectives. [...]

Yesterday, the ECJ delivered its judgments in cases C-189/08 (Zuid-Chemie BV v. Philippo’s Mineralenfabriek NV/SA) and C-168/08 (Laszlo Hadadi (Hadady)) 1. Zuid-Chemie concerns the interpretation of Art. 5 (3) Brussels I Regulation. The Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) had referred the following questions to the ECJ: 1.??????Which damage is, in the case of unlawful conduct such as [...]

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The Scotsman - Found Jul. 18, 2009 Minimum pricing for alcohol could fall foul of international trade laws, according to the European Commission. Legal analysis obtained by the Tories...

Kicking off a day of learning and networking at Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2009 on July 29th, Geoff Levin, Partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, will moderate panel on "The Current Distressed Investing Landscape". He will join ...

China faced its worst unrest in decades this month when tensions between the dominant Han Chinese and the Turkic-speaking, Muslim Uighurs descended into violence in the regional capital of Urumqi. Nearly 200 people died in the unrest. (Read "Why the ...

The 2010 Singapore Youth Games has signed an agreement for KhattarWong's Sports Law Practice Group to be its official legal services sponsor. Under the terms of the agreement, KhattarWong will provide legal services and assistance to the Singapore ...

(???????20090720 15:04:51)The President of Taiwan Legislative Yuan and Several City Mayors and County Magistrates Were Present at the Press Conference; 100 Handy Buses worth NT 1 Billion Dollars Were Donated. Rotary International ...

BEIJING ? Police alleged that women wearing long, black Islamic robes and head scarves acted as ringleaders in the July 5 ethnic unrest in western Xinjiang, state media reported Monday, as China issued more details about the riots and their ...

HANOI, Vietnam and MOSCOW, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") (NYSE: VIP), a leading international provider of telecommunications services, officially announced the ...

Budapest - Hungary's main parliamentary parties issued a joint declaration on Monday asking the Slovak government to repeal legislation that restricts the use of languages other than Slovak in official documents. Janos Koka, leader of the liberal ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 20, 2009) - Route1 Inc. ("Route1") (TSX VENTURE: ROI ), the trusted provider of security and identity management network solutions, today reported its 2009 second quarter financial results as at and for the three ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 07/20/09 -- Route1 : Inc. ("Route1") (TSX VENTURE: ROI), the trusted provider of security and identity management : network solutions, today reported its 2009 second quarter financial results as at and for the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ? Getting married can be an elaborate, stressful affair. Now try it 20 feet under water ? and make it a Jewish wedding, where the groom is expected to smash a wrapped glass under his heel. No problem, says Debbi Ballard. The ...

Wall Street calls it value investing — buying something that's underpriced relative to its long-term value. The legal community could label it the Bingham McCutchen strategy. Most recently, the Boston-based firm has focused its acquisitive tendencies on Washington. Little more than three years after snapping up one wounded Washington midlister, Bingham is closing the deal on another troubled office.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, one of the first firms to announce deferrals for its 2009 first-year associate class, once again is taking the lead in associate matters. The firm announced on July 14 that it has canceled next year's summer associate program. The news comes two months after the firm informed the current crop of summer associates that start dates for those offered permanent jobs would be pushed into the fall of 2011.

Federal judges are hoping a new set of lobbyists with strong Democratic ties will be able to push their agenda on Capitol Hill, including laying the groundwork for what judges view as a long-overdue salary increase.

The service of a notarial act, in the absence of legal proceedings, falls within the scope of the judicial and extrajudicial documents Reg (EC 1348/2000) according to the ECJ in C-14/08 Roda Golf. Related posts:AG opinion on Roda Golf (Regulation N? 1348/00) ?On?OctobSpanish Reference for a Preliminary Ruling on the Service Regulation The SpaniComity and the [...]

Corporations are using fewer law firms because short-staffed corporate legal departments have little time to manage outside firms, not just because consolidating work is cheaper, according to a new law firm consulting survey.

At least six Chicago law firms have lined up to represent people who fear their relatives' graves at a cemetery southwest of the city may have been dug up or topped with another grave in an illegal scheme to make money on the sale of more burial sites.

The National Law Journal predicts that these young Washington-area lawyers will play a major role in the legal community of the nation's capital — and therefore of the nation — for years to come. Selected by the editors based on nominations and reporting, these 40 individuals have already made their marks in private practice, in government agencies, on Capitol Hill and with public interest groups. Some have garnered headlines; others are less well-known. And not one has reached the age of 40.

Former clients of a Cleveland-based law firm have convinced an Ohio appeals court to revive their claim that the 45-attorney shop duped them into a low-ball settlement in a legal malpractice case. Reversing a lower court, the three-judge panel threw out summary judgment in favor of Javitch, Block & Rathbone, a collections and bankruptcy firm with four offices in Ohio and Indiana.

Jeffrey A. Zlotky has been named managing partner of Thompson & Knight. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.

Miami Herald - Found 14 hours ago July 16, 2009) ? Lambda Legal has delivered a warning to Lions Club International charging ... derby violates state anti-discrimination laws.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A three-day regional capacity-building workshop for Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on treaty law and practice was held recently in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Convened by the CARICOM Secretariat?s Office ...

The legal profession has been singled out as too socially exclusive by a U.K. government report on fair access to professions. The report, compiled by a panel chaired by former cabinet minister Alan Milburn, calls on occupations such as lawyers and ...

Two years ago, a military robot used in the South African army killed nine soldiers after a malfunction. Earlier this year, a Swedish factory was fined after a robot machine injured one of the workers (though part of the blame was assigned to the ...

DUSHANBE, July 22 (Asia-Plus). In a joint statement released on July 18, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) read out names of the gunmen that were killed near the Havzi Kaboud (Blue Lake) are in the ...

Comment on this article | Email this Article News :: International : Labor Zhibin Gu: China opportunities, challenges in global financial crisis: jobs, tech, law by globalzation and new world order forum ( No verified email address ) 22 Jul 2009 Is ...

Plain language insurance documents clearly explain key ideas in simple terms. This enables consumers to quickly grasp what their coverage includes and any action items they need to complete. Back in the 1970s, I started out as an insurance contract ...

RAMALLAH, Jul 22 (IPS) - The northern Palestinian West Bank is turning into a flashpoint as Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinian civilians and their property as part of a "price tag" policy. On Tuesday Walid Assaf, a Palestinian ...

President Obama campaigned as someone who wouldn't use signing statements to get around provisions of new laws. But on Tuesday, four House Democrats accused him of doing exactly that, and warned that he might not get any more money for some of his ...

The lawyer for Myanmar's jailed pro-democracy leader says he and his team have been denied access to her, two days before her trial on charges of breaking the terms of her house arrest is due to resume. Her legal team are expected to present closing ...

LONDON ? The human rights group Amnesty International accused Saudi Arabia on Wednesday of using its campaign against terrorism as a facade for ?a sustained assault on human rights? and said the rest of the world had failed to hold the ...

Partners at IP boutiques don't always agree about whether joining a large firm is the right move, as the partnership at Boston shop Bromberg & Sunstein has learned. Co-founder Lee C. Bromberg and partner Erik P. Belt resigned from the firm on July 20 after clashing with the rest of the partnership over whether to accept a merger overture from a larger firm. Bromberg and Belt favored the merger, while the remaining 16 partners voted against it.