Contrast in Direct Effects Under FSIA: Two Cases, Two Courts
On May 4, 2010, Tom Taylor contrasted the issue of direct effects in the United States under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in Turkish Bank's Role in Scam Did Not Cause Direct Effects in U.S., Second Circuit Holds, 78 US Law Weekly 41.
He examines the commercial activities exception to the FSIA in the context of a tort claim and a contract claim, one decided by the Second Circuit in Guierlando v. T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S., docket number 09-0478, and the other decided by the District of Columbia Circuit in Cruise Connections Charter Management, et al. v. The Attorney General of Canada, et al., docket number 09-7060.
Taylor notes the assistance of the colleagues of the Embassy Law publisher at Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, partner Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr. and counsel Laina C. Lopez. -- Laura P. Valle, Legal Assistant, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, D.C.
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