Category Archives: International Law

When Does a Subpoena for Documents in a Foreign or International Tribunal Require Personal Jurisdiction?

21 Wednesday Feb 2018

Posted by in Discovery, International Law, Requests for Production

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Oh, And One More Thing . . . Issuing A Subpoena For Documents Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 Also Requires Personal Jurisdiction Over The Subpoena Target, posted by Gilbert A. Samberg, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, Lexology Blog

http://bit.ly/2FbbE5e

When someone mentions a subpoena for documents, most of us think of a subpoena duces tecum under Fed. R. Civ. P. 45. Title 28 U.S.C. § 1782 also is used to subpoena documents, but in cases involving a foreign or international tribunal. How easy is it to meet that standard?

This post explains the three threshold standards and how the Second Circuit Court handled it. -CCE

Free Research Guides from PACE Law School Library.

17 Thursday Mar 2016

Posted by in Administrative Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Elder Law, Environment Law, Immigration Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Law Libraries, Legal Ethics, Research, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Research Guides, Pace Law School Library

http://libraryguides.law.pace.edu/index.php

Administrative Law, Bar Exam, Copyright and IP Law, Corporate, Business & Securities Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Environmental and Energy Law, Health and Elder Law, Immigration Law, International and Foreign Law, Land Use Law, and more. Definitely worth a look. -CCE

Upper Canada’s Paralegal Rules of Conduct.

16 Sunday Aug 2015

Posted by in Canada, Canada Licensing, Paralegals/Legal Assistants, Professional Organizations

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The Law Society of Upper Canada – The Paralegal Rules of Conduct (with hat tip to William P. Statsky!)

http://www.lsuc.on.ca/uploadedFiles/Chapter1ParalegalRulesConduct.pdf

Upper Canada Paralegal Resources

http://www.lsuc.on.ca/for-paralegals/resources-for-paralegals/

Includes information about how to become a paralegal, how to become licensed, and how to manage your paralegal practice. -CCE

International Banking Law Honey Pot.

15 Wednesday Jul 2015

Posted by in Banking Law, International Law

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Global Banking Law Database

http://www.gbld.org/index.asp?mode=32

Don’t miss “Useful Links” at http://www.gbld.org/index.asp?mode=41. Find more on the website – Resources, Topics, Data, Publications, and more. CCE

The Global Banking Law Database (GBLD) is a joint project of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The GBLD consists of a collection of commercial banking, central bank, and deposit insurance laws of jurisdictions that are representative of the regions of the world as well as international financial centers. The laws are available in English in both MS Word and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats. . . .

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Canada To Start Using Plain Language For Drug Labels.

03 Friday Jul 2015

Posted by in Canada, Consumer Law, Plain Language

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Plain Language Labeling Regulations to Take Effect in Canada, by Michael Mezher, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society™

http://tinyurl.com/qfdk7vh

Health Canada has released a new guidance document intended to clarify new ‘plain language’ labeling requirements before new regulations take effect on 13 June 2015.

Background

In 2013, Canada’s then-Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq announced the government was launching a new initiative to improve drug safety by making product information easier to understand for consumers. . . .

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European Countries Fed Up With Google’s Privacy Policy.

15 Monday Dec 2014

Posted by in European Union, France, Germany, Intellectual Property, International Law, Internet, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

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Dutch Authority To Google: Change Privacy Policy Or Else, by Lock Essers, PCWorld

http://tinyurl.com/n6h5b7y

If Google doesn’t change how it handles users’ private data by the end of February, it may face fines of €15 million (about US$18.6 million), the Dutch Privacy Authority said Monday.

Google’s current privacy policy breaches several provisions of the Dutch data protection act, the regulator found in an investigation in 2013. In particular, the probe showed that Google breaches the law when it combines data from different services like search queries, location data and videos watched.

‘Google catches us in an invisible web of our personal data without telling us and without asking us for our consent. This has been ongoing since 2012 and we hope our patience will no longer be tested,’ said Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the Dutch DPA.

By the end of February, Google should get ‘unambiguous consent’ from its users before it combines personal data from different Google services to serve targeted ads, the DPA said. This could for instance be achieved by introducing a separate consent window.

Moreover, Google should also give clear and consistent information in its privacy policy to people who use several Google services. . . .

Beginner’s Guide to U.S. Treaties.

21 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by in International Law, Native American Law, Treaties

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U.S. Treaties: A Beginner’s Guide, co-authored by Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer, In Custodia Legis, Law Librarians of Congress

http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/11/u-s-treaties-a-beginners-guide/

Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states that the President ‘shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur…. ‘ An early attempt by the President and Senate to negotiate the exercise of this power provided an interesting anecdote. According to the Senate Historical Office, on August 22, 1789, President Washington traveled to the Senate to submit a treaty concerning Native American Indian Tribes. While the President waited, the Senate decided to postpone consideration of the treaty rather than debate the questions in front of the President. According to Maclay’s Journal an irritated, President Washington exclaimed, “This defeats every purpose of my coming here!” and resolved to submit subsequent treaty communications to the Senate in writing. To learn more about the development of the treaty power and its application, please refer to the United States Constitution: Analysis and Interpretation’s discussion of Article II, Section 2.

There are several options for researchers trying to find copies of treaties to which the United States is or was a party. In fact, we were inspired to write this post by the new Treaties digital collection added to the Law Library of Congress website. As of now, the digital collection includes a digital copy of the first four volumes of Charles I. Bevans’s Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949, which includes copies of the English version (or English translation) of multilateral treaties to which the United States was a party. Digital copies of the remaining volumes (5-12), which include the bilateral treaties to which the United States was a party during this period, will be added in the near future.

The Treaties page also links to the United States Department of State’s Treaties and Other International Acts webpage, which includes PDF copies of the ‘executed English-language original of [each published international] agreement and certain other key documents’ for published international agreements entered into from 1996 to the present. The Treaties and Other International Acts series (also known as TIAS), which is ‘the official print publication format for treaties and agreements that have entered into force for [the] U.S.,’ was published by the Government Printing Office in paper form from 1945 to 2006, but is now available online. . . .

International Law: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

06 Wednesday Aug 2014

Posted by in Appellate Law, International Law, United Kingdom

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The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, by  Donna Sokol, In Custodia Legis, Law Librarians of Congress

http://tinyurl.com/kyg8bwz

Yesterday we celebrated the fourth birthday of In Custodia Legis, and today we have reached another milestone: this is the 1,000th blog post that we’ve published!  We asked David S. Mao, the Law Librarian of Congress, to write the 1,000th post.  In it, he highlights some of the many different areas of interest for the Law Library of Congress, such as legal systems, courts, foreign law, and of course, our collection of current and historical legal materials.

On a trip to London in 2012, I walked past the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom located in Parliament Square. Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to visit the Court, as it was Sunday and the building was closed. I was, however, able to take a picture of the front doors.

Earlier this summer, I visited London again. This time I made sure to visit Parliament Square on a weekday so I was able to visit the Court.

While the UK has a long history as a sovereign state, the Supreme Court is a very new entity in the UK. It was created by the Constitutional Reform Act of 2005, with the Justices of the Supreme Court sitting for the first time in October 2009. The Court hears civil appeals from all parts of the UK, and criminal appeals from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. I’ll leave it to Clare to explain the intricacies of the Court’s jurisdiction. . . .

Canada’s Paralegal Professional Conduct Guidelines.

27 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by in Canada, Canada Licensing, Paralegals/Legal Assistants, Regulation

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Paralegal Professional Conduct Guidelines, The Law Society of Upper Ontario

http://www.lsuc.on.ca/with.aspx?id=1067

The Paralegal Professional Conduct Guidelines help to interpret and to apply the Paralegal Rules of Conduct.  Amendments to the Model Code (see below) will be effective October 1, 2014. –CCE

http://www.lsuc.on.ca/new-rules/

NEW RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

CTA graphic new rules Rules of conduct amended to implement Federation’s Model Code

Convocation amended the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Paralegal Rules of Conduct to implement the Federation of Law Societies of Canada’s Model Code of Professional Conduct. The Paralegal Professional Conduct Guidelines were also amended.

Key points:

•The amended lawyer and paralegal rules, and paralegal guidelines, come into effect October 1, 2014.

•Most amendments are minor, however some changes are more substantive and introduce new standards – particularly changes to the rules dealing with conflicts of interest, undertakings and withdrawal from representation. See summary of changes – lawyers (PDF) and summary of changes – paralegals (PDF).

•The new lawyer rules include a new numbering scheme that mirrors the Model Code.

•The Law Society is developing new and updating existing resources to assist lawyers and paralegals.

The Law Society is offering free webcasts to ensure that all members can access important information on these changes.

Free webcast on amendments for lawyers – September 8

Free webcast on amendments for paralegals – September 8.

A Collection of Online International Law Sources.

26 Monday May 2014

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Electronic Information System for International Law

http://www.eisil.org/

International Law Institute

http://www.ili.org/

International Law, HierosGamos.org

http://www.hg.org/international-law.html

and International Law Articles, HierosGamos.org

http://www.hg.org/law-articles-international-law.asp

International Law, Cornell Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/international_law

Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law

http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/djcil/

Sources of International Law, Northwestern Law, Pritzker Legal Resource Center

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/library/research/international/gettingstarted/sourcesofintllaw/

European Journal of International Law.

17 Saturday May 2014

Posted by in International Law, Law Journals, References, Research

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European Journal of International Law

http://www.ejil.org/

I was going to try to give you a quick summary of what you’ll find here, but I think this excerpt from “About the EJIL” says it better than I ever could. -CCE

“About the EJIL

Welcome to the website of one of the world’s leading international law journals. The EJIL was established in 1990 by a small group of distinguished scholars based at the European University Institute in Florence. The Journal has grown since then in size, strength and reputation, but the Editors’ original vision remains unchanged and is distinguished by:

  • its European orientation,
  • its emphasis on critical and theoretical approaches,
  • its commitment to publishing contributions from a diverse range of contributors, especially those among the younger generation
  • its continuing interest in the historical origins of the ‘European tradition’ (in the best and broadest sense) in international law.

This website forms an integral part of the European Journal of International Law and full-text articles of all but the most recent issues are available here in the archive. For the current year, one full-text article and abstracts of all the other articles are posted.

Our commitment to linguistic diversity

Originally bilingual, the Journal is now published only in English. While we retain a strong belief in the central importance of linguistic diversity to the continued flourishing of international law, the decision to publish exclusively in English is based on the fact that it enables us to reach the widest possible readership, in view of the ever-growing number of Europeans and others for whom English is the principal second language. At the same time, however, we warmly welcome submissions in French, Spanish, Italian and German. Where resources permit, we will endeavour to translate into English those articles written in other languages that are accepted for publication. . . . [Emphasis added.]

Korean Samsung Workers Dying of Leukemia and Other Rare Cancers.

12 Saturday Apr 2014

Posted by in Android Phones, Employment Law, International Law, Legal Technology, Workers' Compensation

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Samsung’s War at Home, by Cam Simpson, Technology, Bloomberg’s Week

http://tinyurl.com/nltoss3

Just inside his single-story home, built of concrete blocks and coated in turquoise paint, Hwang Sang-ki, a 58-year-old Korean taxi driver, sits on a floor mat. He’s clasping a small handbag, once bright white and now dull after years on a shelf. He pulls out a snapshot of 13 smiling young women, all co-workers at Samsung Electronics (005930:KS), off-duty and posing in three rows, each embracing or leaning into the other. The leaves of a tree behind them are turning golden in the autumn chill.

‘Here,’ says Hwang, pointing to two women in the center of the group. Both had the same job at the same semiconductor factory, on the same line, standing side by side at the same workstation, dipping computer chips into the same vat of chemicals. Both got a particularly aggressive form of the blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia. One was his daughter, Yu-mi. In South Korea, only about 3 out of every 100,000 people die of leukemia. ‘They worked together, and they died,’ says Hwang. The snapshot is among a few private memories Hwang keeps of his late daughter.

The story of the two women, and dozens of Samsung workers with leukemia and other rare cancers, is now a very public one in South Korea. In February and March, Koreans could see two movies depicting the seven-year battle led by the Hwangs and other families against Korea’s biggest and most influential corporation. . . .

Guide to Canadian Legal Research

06 Sunday Apr 2014

Posted by in Canada, International Law

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Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research, by Catherine Best, Canadian Legal Research Blog

http://legalresearch.org/blog/

This is a great resource for those interested in legal research of Canadian law. Other than the blog, it has sections for Research Essentials, Electronic Research, Statutory Research, and Research & Writing.  -CCE

Embassies and Consulates Directory & Search Engine

16 Sunday Mar 2014

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EmbassyWorld – Embassies & Consulates Of The World

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Serving the diplomatic community and the online community since 1996, EmbassyWorld is designed to provide a comprehensive list of contact resources for all of the world’s diplomatic offices.  Our goal is to provide an easy-to-navigate directory that is clearly laid out and fully cross-indexed. Our database is searchable via a bi-lateral search engine to search both host location and hosted embassy from dual query boxes.  It is our intention to make finding an embassy easy.  Whether your intent is to travel, renew a passport, seek consulate assistance, or relocate to another nation, we aspire to provide the information you are seeking. We have maps, a growing database of tools to make variance in international standards easily convertible or accessible, as well as information on international relocation, including relocation reports.

International Resource Center at LLRX.com.

03 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by in International Law, International Law, International Law, Legal Directory, References, Research

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Comparative and Foreign Law, International Law Resource Center, LLRX.com

http://www.llrx.com/comparative_and_foreign_law.html

My apologies. I should have thought of going directly to LLRX.com as one of the first places to look for a strong compilation of foreign law materials. If you are not already familiar with LLRX.com, then I strongly recommend that you make this a bookmark and visit it frequently.

Sabrina I. Pacifici is the genius behind this website. She is its founder, editor, and publisher. She also is the author of beSpacific Blog. < http://www.bespacific.com/> This is another blot add to your bookmarks. Ms. Pacifici is a well-recognized expert on legal research, and her work is consistently top notch. Again, both web sites are worth poking around. One never knows what other useful information may pop up. -CCE

Another Excellent Resource for Researching Foreign Law.

03 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by in International Law, International Law, International Law, References, Research

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Foreign Collections By Jurisdiction, by Mirela Roznovschi, Webmaster and Editor, New York University Library (last updated March 3, 2014)

http://tinyurl.com/mc2sl7w

This Library provides more foreign jurisdictions (countries) than previously posted at this blog. Please do not think of this resource as merely a place to find foreign jurisdiction. Poke around. “Quick Links” at the top of the page might be a good place to start. Sometimes I stumble over the most interesting things while I am looking for something else.

When researching foreign law, of course you can always use search engines such as Google and Bing. Instead, I recommend looking at law schools’ libraries and legal databases such as HG.org. For Heaven’s sake, please do not include Wikipedia in your search! -CCE

Canada’s Justice Laws Website.

03 Monday Mar 2014

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Justice Laws Website

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/

If you are looking for Canadian law, this is a good place to start. This online source of Canada’s consolidated Acts and regulations is updated weekly. The site’s search engine provides basic and advanced search features. -CCE

Review of Paralegal Regulation in Ontario, Canada.

02 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by in Canada, Canada Licensing, International Law, Paralegals/Legal Assistants

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Reports » Report of Appointee’s Five-Year Review of Paralegal Regulation in Ontario, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

http://tinyurl.com/mrw4olq

Paralegal regulation began in Ontario, Canada, on May 1, 2007 under the 2006 Access to Justice Act. The Act requires that all paralegals in Ontario shall be licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

To verify that paralegal regulation under the Act was successful, the Act required two reviews after five years. This link will take you to both progress reports, submitted June 28, 2012 and November 1, 2012, respectively.

While visiting this link, I encourage you to poke around and learn more about the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario and Canadian law. -CCE

Updated Foreign Law Research Primer.

02 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by in Australia, Brazil, Case Law, China, Citations, Egypt, Eritrea, France, Hong Kong, India, International Law, International Law, Israel, Law Journals, Law Libraries, Lebanon, Legal Directories, Legal Encyclopedia, Mandatory Law, Primary Law, References, Regulations, Research, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom

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Foreign and International Legal Research Guides – Pic of the Week, by Donna Sokol, In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

http://tinyurl.com/opqzrpr

Don’t let the title “Pic of the Week” fool you. This is an updated legal research guide for fourteen foreign jurisdictions:  Australia; Brazil; United Kingdom; China; Egypt; Eritrea; France; Hong Kong; India; Israel; Japan; Lebanon; Russia; and Sweden.  It links to these countries’ reference sources, compilations, citations guides, periodicals (indexes and databases), dictionaries, web resources, free public web sites, subscription-based services, subject-specific web sites, and country overviews. -CCE

Egypt’s 2014 Constitution.

20 Thursday Feb 2014

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Perspectives on Egypt’s 2014 Constitution, by Kelly Buchanan with guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Research Analyst, Law Library of Congress, In Custodia Legis, Law Librarians of Congress

http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/02/perspectives-on-egypts-2014-constitution/

Last month, a new Egyptian Constitution was approved in a popular referendum held on January 14-15.  The Head of the Supreme National Electoral Commission, Chief Justice Nabil Saleeb, announced the results of the referendum on January 18 and stated that the voter turnout was 38.6% of the 53 million people eligible to vote.  Of those who voted, 98% voted in favor of the new Constitution.  The Constitution came into effect on that same day after it was signed by the current interim president, Adly Monsour, and published in the official gazette.  It replaces the 2012 Constitution issued under the administration of former President Mohammed Morsi. . . .

Resource on Real Estate and Property Law

14 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by in International Law, Real Estate and Property Law, Research

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Real Estate Law, HG Legal Resources.com

http://www.hg.org/realest.html

 A thorough overview and resource of United States real estate and property law, but also international law, publications related to this area of law, articles posted on this website about this area, and organizations related to real property. CCE