Child Custody Jurisdiction
Oddenino & Gaule
How to Decide Which Court Decides Introduction The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) and the Par.
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters
State Department
Publication from the United States Department of State which describes the Hague Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extra-judicial documents in civil and commercial matters.
Did You Know
O'Neal, Webster, O'Neal, Myers, Fletcher & Gordon
That one of the many differences between companies formed under the International Business Companies Act (Cap. 291).
Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters
State Department
Publication from the United States Department of State which discusses the Hague Convention on the taking of evidence abroad in civil or commercial matters.
U.S.-Canada Cross-Border Corporate Fraud
of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
I am often put in a precarious position when asked to discuss the types of cases that I work on. At one particular well-attended family function, one of my teenaged daughters asked, "Dad, did you nab the crook who ran away with everyone's money??" Due to the highly confidential and sensitive nature of recovery work that I perform, I never discuss specific examples. But the keen interest is telling: more people are becoming aware of civil fraud as an emerging area of law. At the same time, civil fraud is poorly understood.
BVI Continues to Dominate International Company Formations
O'Neal, Webster, O'Neal, Myers, Fletcher & Gordon
The annual international company incorporation survey for 1997 conducted by the Offshore Investment magazine shows .
Domestic Courts and Growing NGO Investment in "International Law": At What Cost and Consequence to Democracy?
Donald J. Kochan*
Increasingly, United States courts are recognizing various treaties, as well as declarations, proclamations, conventions, resolutions, programmes, protocols, and similar forms of inter- or multi-national "legislation" as evidence of a body of "customary international law" enforceable in domestic courts, particularly in the area of tort liability.
The Emerging International Legal Marketplace
Ward Bower of Lexpert
Increasing volumes of world trade in both goods and services have resulted from the relaxation of international trade barriers through GATT, GATS and regional trading blocks (EU, EEA, NAFTA, Mercosur, ASEAN, etc.