A lawyer’s handbook for enforcing foreign judgments in the United States and abroad

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgments and Dedication......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Part One: Enforcing Foreign Country Judgments in the United States......Page 17
I Overview......Page 19
a Generally:......Page 23
d Defenses:......Page 24
a Simplified authentication:......Page 25
4) Proof of service:......Page 26
2 Conversion by Common Law Action......Page 28
a The California and New York exceptions:......Page 29
a Plaintiff:......Page 30
c Mandatory nonrecognition:......Page 31
a Sufficient notice:......Page 33
c Lack of personal jurisdiction:......Page 34
a Default judgments:......Page 35
b Foreign longarm or exorbitant jurisdiction statutes:......Page 36
a Generally:......Page 37
b Combination with other defenses:......Page 38
a Res judicata/collateral estoppel:......Page 39
c American Bar Association proposal:......Page 40
8 Reciprocity......Page 41
3 New Complaint......Page 42
1 Generally......Page 43
a Pleadings:......Page 44
b Defenses:......Page 45
A Plaintiff: Locating and Freezing Assets......Page 46
C Filing Satisfaction of Judgment......Page 47
V Conclusion......Page 48
a. Jurisdiction......Page 49
2. State Laws (including District of Columbia)2......Page 50
3. Multilateral Treaties......Page 54
1. General......Page 55
Massachusetts......Page 57
c. Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights......Page 58
a. Signed......Page 59
b. Unsigned......Page 65
a. Signed......Page 66
Arizona......Page 67
Massachusetts......Page 68
Texas......Page 69
c. Antitrust......Page 70
d. Arbitration Awards/New York Convention......Page 71
e. Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights......Page 72
g. Domestic Relations......Page 73
j. Non-Money Judgments (Equitable Remedies)......Page 74
k. Sovereign Immunity......Page 75
q. Tax......Page 76
Personal Jurisdiction of Court of Origin......Page 77
2. Organized by U.S. State Where Enforcement Sought......Page 80
3. Organized by Country of Rendering Court......Page 82
Instruments, Laws, and Other Materials UnicodeCharacterx2013 Part One......Page 85
Part Two: Enforcement of Judgments Abroad......Page 427
I Overview......Page 429
II How to Identify and Select Foreign Counsel......Page 430
A Sources for Identifying Foreign Counsel......Page 431
C What Will Foreign Representation Cost?......Page 432
A The Hague Legalization Convention......Page 434
D Other Documentation and Information......Page 435
A General......Page 437
a Statutory approach:......Page 438
b Documentary requirements:......Page 440
b Documentary requirements:......Page 441
e The German example:......Page 442
a Uniform Substantive Law of Recognition (Bustamante Code):......Page 443
b Modern streamlined procedures (The Brussels Regulation):......Page 444
2) Denmark and the United States:......Page 446
4) Islamic countries:......Page 447
a Uniform statutes:......Page 449
V Conclusion......Page 450
INTRODUCTION......Page 452
1. Foreign State Statutes (country by country)2......Page 453
b. Others......Page 457
a. General......Page 459
2. General......Page 460
4. Country-by-Country......Page 462
d. Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights......Page 471
1. General......Page 472
a. Brussels Convention and EEC [EU]......Page 473
c. Hague Conventions......Page 475
Latin America......Page 477
Belgium......Page 478
Canada......Page 479
China......Page 480
England and the Common Wealth of Nations......Page 481
France......Page 482
Germany......Page 483
Israel......Page 484
Malaysia......Page 485
Saudi Arabia......Page 486
Switzerland......Page 487
c. Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights......Page 488
i. U.S. Securities Law......Page 489
Canada......Page 490
1. Treatises and Books......Page 491
2. Journals......Page 492
Instruments, Laws, and Other Materials -- Part Two......Page 493
Part Three: The Future of Enforcing Foreign Judgments......Page 577
I Introduction......Page 579
2 The Hague Convention......Page 581
B The 1999 Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments......Page 583
C The 2001 Draft Convention......Page 584
D Downscaling the Scope of the Jurisdiction and Judgments Convention......Page 585
1 Main Obligations and Exceptions of the 2005 Final Convention......Page 586
2 Problems and Issues That Emerged from the Draft Convention......Page 588
A Introduction......Page 590
C The Mandatory and Permissive Bases of Non-Recognition and the Black List of Jurisdictional Bases......Page 591
D Major Issues and Problem Areas in the International Jurisdiction and Judgments Project......Page 592
A The Uniform Act Experience......Page 595
B Proposed Revisions......Page 596
V International Trade Flexibility and Enforcing Foreign Judgments......Page 598
VI Conclusion......Page 599
1. Background......Page 600
b. Drafts......Page 602
c. Reports, Conventions, and Committee Actions......Page 603
a. Choice of Law Concerns......Page 606
b. Intellectual Property Issues......Page 607
e. Recognition and Enforcement Issues......Page 608
f. Jurisdiction Issues......Page 609
1. Background......Page 610
a. Enforcement......Page 612
c. Reports, Hearings, and Committee Actions......Page 613
b. Intellectual Property Law......Page 614
e. Reciprocity......Page 615
5. Relevant Case Law......Page 616
1. Background......Page 617
4. Choice of Law Concerns......Page 618
1. Background......Page 619
2. Reports, Conventions, and Committee Actions......Page 621
3. Relevant Rules and Acts......Page 622
a. NAFTA......Page 623
d. Chile......Page 626
e. Singapore......Page 627
h. Israel......Page 628
k. Bahrain......Page 629
a. Relevant Case Law......Page 630
Index......Page 633