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Second Circuit Rejects Application of RICO to Foreign Criminal Enterprises
Domenic C. Cervoni,Joseph De Simone,Lisa H. Miller,S. Christopher Provenzano,Richard M. Rosenfeld, February 8, 2012
The US Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Morrison v. NAB created a sea change in private securities litigation by sharply limiting the extraterritorial application of the securities laws while employing language suggesting skepticism of extraterritoriality more generally. Since then, the lower...

PRIME Finance - Specialist Panel for Resolving Global Financial Disputes
Seema Bono,Menachem M. Hasofer,William H. Knull,Philip Allen Lacovara,Rani Mina,Jeffrey W. Sarles, January 31, 2012
A new and dynamic approach to resolving complex cross-border financial disputes was unveiled this month with the opening conference in The Hague of PRIME Finance, the Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance. The panel comprises a diverse group of high profile judges and experts...

Court Rules that Blocked Electronic Fund Transfers Are Not Attachable under New York Property Law, Creates Split in Southern District of New York
Mark G. Hanchet,Christopher J. Houpt, January 24, 2012
A recent decision in the Southern District of New York holds that blocked proceeds of electronic fund transfers (EFTs) held by banks are not subject to attachment in satisfaction of judgments on claims premised on acts of terrorism. This decision creates a split of authority within the Southern...

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