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Under the Venezuelan 1998 Commercial Arbitration Act and as a party to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Venezuela recognises foreign arbitral awards. [read post]

Government Contracts Blog - http://brownrudnick.com/insights/government-contracts/

Monday round-up

30 Mar 2020, 3:52 am by Edith Roberts

” For USA Today, Richard Wolf talks to “DACA recipients working in the health care field in California, Florida, Texas and in the suburbs of New York City, where the coronavirus has hit hardest. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Schlanger Law Group Files Class Action On Behalf Of HSBC “Direct Savings” Customer, Alleging Failure To Credit Interest As Promised

27 Mar 2020, 2:16 pm by Jacki

HSBC USA, N.A. is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. [read post]

Schlanger Law Group, LLP Blog - https://www.consumerprotection.net/blog/

Oil traders urge justices to reject Second Circuit’s CEA extraterritoriality decision

23 Mar 2020, 10:56 am by John Jascob

The Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in a Ninth Circuit case that declined to apply the relevant Second Circuit precedent and the latest petition for certiorari on this issue relies heavily on another Ninth Circuit case that also declined to follow the Second Circuit (Atlantic Trading USA, LLC v. [read post]

Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation - http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/

The President’s Legal Shell Game to Avoid Accountability

20 Mar 2020, 5:00 am by Ben Berwick, Jamila Benkato, Cameron Kistler

Vance concerns whether a New York grand jury can issue a subpoena to Mazars USA (Trump’s accounting firm) that would require Mazars to turn over Trump’s financial records as part of an investigation into possible violations of New York criminal law by several organizations and individuals. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Guest Post: 2019 Securities Litigation: Key Takeaways and Trends

16 Mar 2020, 1:54 pm by Kevin LaCroix

In two well-reasoned opinions, state court judges in Connecticut and New York held that the PSLRA discovery stay applies in 1933 Act cases in state court. [read post]

The D & O Diary - http://www.dandodiary.com/

Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19 – Can Force Majeure Clauses Excuse Performance Under New York or Delaware Law in a Pandemic?

13 Mar 2020, 12:20 pm by Edward Tillinghast and Jacqueline Simonovich

Z[3] Stroud v. [read post]

Bankruptcy and Restructuring Blog - http://www.bankruptcylawblog.com/

What’s in H.R. 6172, the House’s Compromise FISA Reform Bill?

11 Mar 2020, 2:20 pm by Charlotte Butash, Margaret Taylor

The New York Times offers good context for the compromise bill. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Can A City Refuse Land-Use Permits Because it Doesn’t Like the Federal Policies the Property Will be Used to Implement?

10 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

United States and Printz v. [read post]