Megan Dingley | November 18, 2021 | Inside The ALI, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
The Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Selected Topics in Treaties, Jurisdiction, and Sovereign Immunity, which was published in 2018, has been receiving significant attention in federal and state courts. The Restatement was...
Madison Bessho | October 14, 2021 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
A petition in Peter A. Chiejina and Piccol Nigeria Ltd v. Republic of Nigeria, currently before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is asking the court to consider the devaluation of Nigeria’s currency. The case involves a Nigerian public...
Madison Bessho | July 29, 2021 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Both the Third and Fourth Restatements of the Law, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, were cited by the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit in Lusik Usoyan v. Republic of Turkey. From the decision: We see two issues that need to...
William S. Dodge and Chimène Keitner | July 14, 2021 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
The below is the abstract of “A Roadmap for Foreign Official Immunity Cases in U.S. Courts,” forthcoming in Fordham Law Review. This Article provides a roadmap for cases involving foreign official immunity in U.S. courts. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court...
Megan Dingley | February 5, 2021 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Recently, in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, No. 19-351 (Feb. 3, 2021), the U.S. Supreme Court cited the Second, Third, and Fourth Restatements of The Foreign Relations Law of the United States. In that case, American heirs of Jewish art dealers who were based...
John B. Bellinger, III | May 4, 2020 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
In an article for The Washington Post, John B. Bellinger III of Arnold & Porter details six lawsuits that have been filed against China in U.S. federal courts seeking damages for deaths, injuries and economic losses caused by COVID-19. “Five of the lawsuits...