Rafael R. Ribeiro

Rafael R. Ribeiro

Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP


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“JOLT” Act Seeks To Lessen U.S. Travel Restrictions For Brazilians, Canadians

While Canadians still comprise the number one group of foreign buyers of real estate statewide in Florida, América Economía is now reporting that Brazilians have surpassed Canadians as the top overseas visitors and property...more

5/30/2013 - Canada Investors JOLT Act Restraints Tourists Travel Visas

Proposed Family Law Legislation Prohibiting Foreign Laws Fails To Pass In Florida Senate

In a previous post, I discussed Senate Bill 58 and House Bill 351, which were proposed bills that would have prohibited the application of foreign laws in family law disputes pending in the State of Florida unless the foreign...more

5/14/2013 - Application of Foreign Laws Proposed Legislation

Supreme Court Ruling Limits Extraterritorial Application Of Alien Tort Statute

U.S. companies with, or that were seeking to acquire, foreign operations often fretted over the possibility that plaintiffs in the foreign jurisdiction would seek to invoke the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350,...more

4/22/2013 - Alien Tort Statute Extraterritoriality Rules Jurisdiction Multinationals SCOTUS

Passage Of Controversial Law Could Tarnish Florida’s Reputation As International Dispute Resolution Center

You may not have heard of the think tank called the American Public Policy Alliance (APPA), or its “American Laws for American Courts” initiative, which “was crafted to protect American citizens’ constitutional rights against...more

3/18/2013 - Application of Foreign Laws Choice-of-Law Choice-of-Venue Proposed Legislation Sharia Law

South Florida, Prime Destination for Litigants Seeking Evidence in Foreign Proceedings

Foreign civil lawsuits, private arbitrations using § 1782 to facilitate discovery - Let’s say you have a client who is a party to an arbitration proceeding pending in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In your investigation of the...more

12/6/2012 - Arbitration Evidence Hague Convention International Litigation

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