International Law

International law attorneys must be well-versed in cross-border laws and regulations. The rise of globalization has brought unique challenges to those lawyers who represent U.S. interests abroad. Whether your practice involves international M&A developments in China or the increasing opportunities for small businesses in both importing and exporting, FindLaw’s Corporate Counsel Center has a library of articles tailored to your client’s legal needs. You can also find information on how to represent your client in overseas prosecution of alleged antitrust violations and a brief summary of the Hague Convention on taking evidence abroad in both civil and commercial ligation.

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Determining Export License Requirements

April 1999 All Rights Reserved The need for an export license must be assessed at two different levels. The first level assessment is made based on the nature of the product intended for export. Thanks to a gradual relaxation of traditional ...
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Doing Business in the United States? Nonimmigrant Visa Categories Commonly Used by International Corporations

Foreign nationals must engage in an "acceptable" B-1 activity relating to business. Generally, engaging in productive work is not permissible. The principal benefit of the business activity must accrue to the foreign national or corporate entity ...
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Domestic Courts and Growing NGO Investment in “International Law”: At What Cost and Consequence to Democracy?

Increasingly, United States courts are recognizing various treaties, as well as declarations, proclamations, conventions, resolutions, programmes, protocols, and similar forms of inter- or multi-national "legislation" as evidence of a body of ...
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FAQ: Export Questions

In general, the term "export" means the act of shipping goods out of one Customs' territory into another Customs' territory. Exporters should keep in mind, however, that the term "export" is defined differently -- and separately -- by ...
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FAQ: Import Questions

What is the meaning of "importation"? Importation is the act of bringing or causing any goods to be brought into a Customs Territory. Are U.S. importers free to deal with all countries when importing products into the U.S.? No, the U.S ...
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FAQ: International Law

What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)?The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a U.S. law which makes it illegal for a U.S. person (citizen or company) or any person who acts on behalf of a U.S. person to offer, to pay, to promise to ...
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Passengers with Disabilities

The Air Carrier Access Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap in air travel and requires air carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilities. In 1990 The Department of Transportation issued a rule defining the rights ...
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Harbor Maintenance Tax Unconstitutional

Everyone remembers the Reagan philosophy that the Constitution must be strictly construed as well as the "market driven" philosophy of making the "user" pay for government services -- an approach Congress still uses to avoid increasing taxes ...
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Immunity and the Foreign Sovereign

While visiting Florida for a seminar, an employee of the Brazilian oil monopoly, Petrobras, negligently injures a Florida resident in an auto accident. The Malaysian government defaults on its contractual obligation to pay a Florida engineering firm ...
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Informed Compliance By Importers

In late 1993, U.S. Customs implemented an action plan that was designed to significantly increase importers' compliance with the nation's trade laws. Customs' action plan consisted of two distinct phases: informed compliance and enforced compliance ...
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