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Can Foreign Corporate Defendants Be “Found” by Registering and Appointing an Agent Post Mallory?

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Post Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., are foreign corporate defendants “found within the district” for purposes of Rule B by registering to do business in New York and appointing an agent for service of process?...more

Dechert LLP

State immunity: the English court upholds prohibition on injunctive relief against states

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In a recent decision, the English High Court has confirmed that injunctive relief cannot be granted against states, notwithstanding that this restriction interferes with Article 6 (Right to a fair trial) of the European...more

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Maritime Attachments and Arrests in United States Waters: What Every Foreign Shipping Lawyer Should Know

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Regardless of sea, country, or port, admiralty lawyers are in many respects united through a common bond of various procedural devices that are unique to our trade’s special brand of seaborne litigation. Ships are by their...more

Baker Donelson

Hercules Ascendant? A New Fifth Circuit Personal Jurisdiction Decision, and a Gasp of Breath from a Seemingly Dead Letter

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The Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Sangha v. Navig8 Shipmanagement Private Limited,  No. 17-20093, — F.3d —-, 2018 WL 706518  (Feb 5, 2009) has continued the recent jurisprudential renaissance of personal jurisdiction...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Dismisses For Lack Of Jurisdiction Appeal Of Court’s Order Selecting Arbitrators

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Bordelon Marine, LLC sued Bibby Subsea ROV, LLC for damages and for writ of attachment arising out of a disagreement over the chartering of an offshore vessel. Pending arbitration, litigation was stayed, but a dispute arose...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

B.C. Court Confirms Powerful Maritime Arrest is Widely Available in Disputes Involving Maritime Assets

In Avina v. Sea Senor (Ship), the British Columbia Supreme Court (Court) upheld the arrest of the ship, Sea Senor (Vessel), in a dispute between the two shareholders of the company that owns the Vessel. The defendant applied...more

King & Spalding

New York Enforcement Update

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New York has long been a critical enforcement venue for parties holding unsatisfied arbitral awards and/or judgments. New York is the financial capital of the United States, and that reality, coupled with the state’s expert...more

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