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Doing business in conflict zones has always been complicated. Increased litigation has compounded those risks in recent years. A June...
Freshfields Risk & Compliance
Timothy Harkness
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
New York, United States
Imagine an Argentinian wants to sue a German automaker. He claims that, while employed at the car manufacturer’s factory in Buenos Aires,...
Since 2016, plaintiffs have used increasingly aggressive “aiding and abetting” theories to make Anti-Terrorism Act claims against...
One consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the US, UK, and EU sanctions that it spawned is a spate of Russia-related litigation...
Defending the right of humanitarian aid organizations to operate in conflict zones without risk of unfair application of the...
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, a district court may grant discovery “for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal.” For...
As the role of US courts in transnational litigation decreases, businesses need to brace themselves for the rise of EU collective...
Background Imagine a corporation registers to do business in a U.S. state. It is not incorporated there. Its headquarters isn’t there. It...