Anti-suit injunction.  Forum selection clause.  Choice-of-law clause.  Eleventh Circuit vacates anti-suit injunction issued by district court.
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Arbitration.  Fifth Circuit holds common law and statutory claims related to Swiss arbitration proceedings are impermissible collateral attacks on a foreign arbitral award and are precluded by the New York Convention. 
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Arbitration.  Jurisdiction.  Supreme Court holds that when parties have agreed to arbitrate all questions arising under a contract, the Federal Arbitration Act supersedes state law lodging primary jurisdiction in any other forum.
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Depositions.  Fourth Circuit holds that a foreign company, whose only contact with the U.S. is an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, may nonetheless be compelled to produce a foreign witness to testify at a deposition. 
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Enforcement of Arbitration Award.  Sixth Circuit refuses to vacate arbitration award based on alleged lack of independence of arbitrator who had previously served as co-counsel with the attorney representing the plaintiff.
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Enforcement of Foreign Judgments.  New York court's enforcement of Australian judgment for costs and attorneys' fees does not violate due process or New York public policy. 
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Extraterritoriality.  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Whistleblower protection.  District court holds that commission of fraud and retaliation for whistleblowing occurred in the U.S. although whisteblower had been working in France for 14 years. 
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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.  Commercial Activity Exception.  District court holds that foreign sovereign's activity is non-commercial by nature, thereby falling outside the scope of the court's jurisdiction. 
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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.  Personal Jurisdiction.  Court dismisses claims against Russian defendants surrounding expropriation of Yukos Oil Company. 
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Forum Selection Clause.  District court enforces forum selection clause mandating litigation in English courts.
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Personal Jurisdiction.  District court finds personal jurisdiction over Swiss administrator of employee benefits plan in ERISA case, despite Defendant's lack of physical presence in forum state. 
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Recognition of Foreign Marriage.  New York appellate court reverses summary judgment and holds Plaintiff employee's same-sex marriage was entitled to recognition in New York. 
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Requests for International Judicial Assistance.  District court grants Defendants' request for letters rogatory for deposition testimony and production of documents from Canadian citizens in criminal matter. 
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Section  1782 Discovery.  District court grants motion to quash subpoenas as improperly issued.
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Subject Matter Jurisdiction.  District court holds no subject matter jurisdiction over non-U.S. purchasers' claims in securities class action suit. 
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Subject Matter Jurisdiction.  Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.  District court grants Defendants' motions to dismiss since Plaintiff could not show that Defendants were organs of a foreign state. 
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Subject Matter Jurisdiction.  Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.  District court dismisses plaintiff's complaint against South Africa for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
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Validity of Arbitration Clause.  Unconscionability.  Court finds arbitration clause in a loan contract unconscionable under state law because the clause was one-sided, prohibited joinder of claims and class actions, and exposed claimants to prohibitively high costs.