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...
Dan Shefet | May 1, 2020 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
IntroductionData mining and AI are increasingly becoming an integral part of the legal profession.Searching precedent and statutes is now done in a few seconds and most legal documents are available in standard format instantaneously.There seems to be no reason to...
Megan Dingley | February 26, 2020 | Conflict of Laws, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
In a dissenting opinion delivered in Hernández v. Mesa, No. 17-1678 (February 25, 2020), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg quoted Restatement of the Law Third, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States § 402 and Restatement of the Law...
Seo Ho Lee | February 24, 2020 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
In a recent case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia cited the Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, in holding that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia did not err in exercising...
Paul B. Stephan | January 9, 2020 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Cities, or more particularly global cities, increasingly channel foreign relations that we think of belonging to nation–states. But one should not think that this is an entirely good thing, leading us towards enlightened progress and away from injustice. The foreign...
Dan Shefet | December 24, 2019 | Conflict of Laws, Data Privacy, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
INTRODUCTIONIn June 2019, President Donald Trump suggested the European Union’s (EU) suits against certain American companies, such as Facebook and Google, were inappropriate legal actions.1Trump Suggests EU out of line with suits against US tech firms, Bus. Ins....
