private international law jurisdiction

• U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL): Notice of Public Meeting on (1) Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments, and (2) Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 12353, February 29, 2012
• Notices
• State Department

• Meetings: Hague Conference on Private International Law, Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters Convention; intellectual property aspects,

• FR, April 23, 2001
• Notices
• Copyright Office, Library of Congress

• Ten Questions and Answers to a Foreign Collection Lawyer: France

In an interview, France-based attorneys Paul de Dree and Katia Boneva-Desmicht, both from SALANS, discussed how credit collection is handled in France. In principle, there are no difficulties for a US claimant to pursue a claim against a debtor in France, provided that the French courts have jurisdiction (the debtor is domiciled in France, an exclusive jurisdiction clause included in a contract designates the French courts or the jurisdiction of the French courts results from the application of Private International Law). If there is no contractual right, then interest pursuant to statute can be claimed if a demand letter is sent or if proceedings are initiated. Deposition hearings, requested by the parties or the judge, exist in France but are very rarely used. Under certain conditions...

• Commercial Law World
• Vol. 24 Nbr. 4, July 2009

• Hague Conference on Private International Law; jurisdiction and foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters; convention; comment request,

• FR, October 17, 2000
• Notices
• Patent and Trademark Office

• Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, (2nd Cir. 2010)

...alleging violations of customary international law, the scope of liability--who is liable for wha... dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. . The order of the United States District... being sued, if the defendant is a private actor such as a corporation or individual."18 Look...

• Federal Circuits

• Hague Conference on Private International Law; jurisdiction and foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters; convention; comment request,

• FR, December 11, 2000
• Notices
• Patent and Trademark Office

• Getting the deal through.

.... Jurisdiction . 4 What tests or rules are applied by the courts ... courts are likely to apply standard private international law tests to determine whether the l...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2012, January 2012

• Basic functions and principles of international environmental law in the context of managing water resources.

... international law, primarily, but also private international law (1) play significant roles in re... ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other State...

• Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
• Vol. 39 Nbr. 3, June 2011

• In What Circumstances Can U.S. And Other Foreign Judgements Be Enforced Against Cayman Islands Hedge Funds?

... Cayman Islands hedge funds in other jurisdictions should ensure that any judgment that might be obta...International Jurisdictional Competence over the Defendant . The... jurisdiction according to the private international law of the Cayman Islands,3 not whet...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2012, January 2012

• Forbidding depecage: law governing investment treaty arbitration.

I. INTRODUCTION . The law governing international arbitration has been a field of considerable conce... United Kingdom and other common law jurisdictions. . While no consensus was reached in this debate, ... mercatoria debate, which was dominated by private international law scholars and international comme...

• Suffolk Transnational Law Review
• Vol. 32 Nbr. 2, June 2009