Written by Susan Kohn Ross On Friday, March 17, 2023, the Court of International Trade issued its decision in the pending 301 litigation. That decision can be found here. The judges agreed the actions by the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) were adequate and found the tariffs valid for the products on Lists 3 and 4. [Lists 1 and 2 were never challenged.] It is entirely … Continue reading 301 Judgment by CIT – Not Down for the Count – Yet!
Written by Tiana A. Bey and Sofia Castillo
Since the United States Supreme Court decided Jam v. Int’l Fin. Corp., 139 S. Ct. 759 (2019), international organizations (as designated under the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 (“IOIA”))[1] have increasingly faced litigation that can no longer be dismissed on absolute immunity grounds.[2] These organizations now have to navigate preliminary jurisdictional defenses that they would not have normally considered or asserted before Jam. One such defense is “improper venue” pursuant to the venue provision of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (“FSIA”), which can result in case dismissal or transfer to a forum that an international organization defendant finds more familiar or strategically advantageous. Continue reading “The FSIA Provides Exclusive Venue Options to Sue an International Organization – Or Does It?”
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