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Eager OPEC Action
Many potential plaintiffs in the United States eagerly await the passage of NOPEC legislation opening avenues to sue OPEC or its member states for antitrust violations of American law. In a National Law Journal commentary, U.S. Antitrust Laws Should Govern OPEC, Joseph Becker advocates submitting OPEC to the jurisdiction of U.S. courts.
He summarizes developments in antitrust and immunities law and explains the status of OPEC under the laws of Austria. As potential qualified plaintiffs, the May 29, 2008 article identifies American gas stations.
A better read than the usual anti-OPEC refrain and nagging over sovereign immunities for embassies and international organizations, the article concludes with a sense of national urgency. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.
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