International Practitioner's Deskbook Series: International Litigation Strategies and Practice, 3rd Edition

Author:   Ethan A. Berghoff ,  Theodore Edelman ,  Barton Legum
Publisher:   American Bar Association
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9781639052554


Pages:   526
Publication Date:   02 January 2024
Format:   Paperback
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International Litigation Strategies and Practice, Third Edition, is intended as a helpful desk reference for practitioners, both those steeped in international practice and those who have only occasional exposure to the field. It assists them in navigating complex and evolving subject areas, spotting issues, and developing strategies and approaches for effective client representation. This updated and expanded edition provides practitioners with practical skills in important facets of international litigation, including approaches and techniques that often make the difference between effective strategy and wasted effort. It also guides readers to a working understanding of principles and precedents in various aspects of the ever-changing substantive law in international disputes, proceedings, and investigations.

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Author:   Ethan A. Berghoff ,  Theodore Edelman ,  Barton Legum
Publisher:   American Bar Association
Imprint:   American Bar Association
ISBN:  

9781639052554


ISBN 10:   1639052550
Pages:   526
Publication Date:   02 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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CONTENTS About the Editors                            vii   About the Contributors                    ix   Introduction                              xxiii   PART I: The Essentials CHAPTER 1 Finding the Right Lawyer for the Job Overseas 3 Raquel A. Rodriguez   CHAPTER 2 Communicating Effectively with Foreign Clients and Lawyers 21 Barton Legum   CHAPTER 3 Litigation in the Civil Law and the Common Law: The Basics  27 George A. Bermann   CHAPTER 4 Transnational Litigation and Professional Ethics 39   CHAPTER 5 Introducing Foreign Clients to U.S. Civil Litigation      53 Donald Francis Donovan, Guilherme Recena Costa, Laura Sinisterra, and Justin R. Rassi   PART II: Strategy and Practice in International Litigation   CHAPTER 6 Finishing before You Start: International Mediation     71 Michael McIlwrath and Elpidio Villarreal   CHAPTER 7 Where to Sue: Finding the Most Effective Forum in the World  81 Louise Ellen Teitz   CHAPTER 8 Provisional Measures in Cross-Border Cases       115 Jonathan I. Blackman   CHAPTER 9 Foreign Antisuit Injunctions                129 José I. Astigarraga and Sujey Herrera   CHAPTER 10 Twelve Rules for Obtaining Evidence from Abroad     149 Glenn P. Hendrix   CHAPTER 11 A Practitioner’s Guide to Enforcement of Foreign Country Money Judgments in the United States  193 Edward H. Davis Jr. and Christopher A. Noel   PART III: Special Forums and Tribunals   CHAPTER 12 When to Arbitrate Rather Than Litigate          227 Carolyn B. Lamm and Eckhard R. Hellbeck CHAPTER 13 International Commercial Arbitration: A Primer for U.S. Litigators                 251 David W. Rivkin, Christopher K. Tahbaz, and Dietmar W. Prager   CHAPTER 14 Investment Treaty Arbitration: An Option Not to Be Overlooked              275 Barton Legum   CHAPTER 15 Suing for Torture                      285 Beth Stephens   CHAPTER 16 International Extradition                  307 Nina Marino and Jennifer Lieser   CHAPTER 17 Attorney-Client Privilege in the International Sphere     339 Ethan Berghoff and Matthew Thomas   CHAPTER 18 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An Overview      365 Theodore Edelman and Alana M. Longmoore   CHAPTER 19 Practice before the International Court of Justice     423 Dr. Pieter H. F. Bekker   CHAPTER 20 Litigation in the European Court of Human Rights 445 Helen Mountfield, KC   CHAPTER 21 Twenty Years of the International Criminal Court 465 David Stoelting   Index 489

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Theodore Edelman is a partner of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and a member of the firm's Litigation Group. He divides his time between the firm's offices in New York and London. He has represented both U.S. and nonU.S. corporate clients in a wide variety of litigation and regulatory matters, including matters relating to antitrust, commercial contracts, commercial banking, corporations and securities, insurance and annuities, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, white-collar criminal investigations, and prosecutions and investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Stock Exchange, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Commission of the European Communities, the offices of the attorney general of various states of the United States, and the banking, corporate, securities, and competition regulators in various other jurisdictions. Barton Legum is a founding partner of Honlet Legum Arbitration in Paris.  He has over 30 years’ experience in litigating complex cases, with a focus on international arbitration and litigation in general and arbitration under investment treaties in particular.  He has repeatedly served as lead counsel and arbitrator in ICSID cases, acting as counsel both for States and for investors.  From 2000 to 2004, Bart served as Chief of the NAFTA Arbitration Division in the Office of the Legal Adviser, United States Department of State.  In that capacity, he acted as lead counsel for the United States Government defending over $2 billion in claims submitted to arbitration under the investment chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).  The United States won every case heard under his tenure.  Bart is a past Chair of the ABA Section of International Law.  He previously held a variety of offices in the Section, including Chair of the Disputes Division and Co-Chair of the Section’s International Litigation Committee.  He is an editor of International Litigation Strategies and Practice (2d ed. 2014), a book published by the American Bar Association, and frequently writes and speaks at conferences on international arbitration and litigation.

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