foreign business

Fundamental Procedural Fairness: The Sine Qua Non for the Enforcement of Third-Party Releases Authorized in a Foreign Proceeding

by Ira L. Herman, Evan J. Zucker and Matthew E. Kaslow (LAW ’15)

Matthew E. Kaslow (LAW ’15) of Blank Rome LLP co-authored an article discussing the hot-button issue of third-party releases in U.S. bankruptcy cases, in the context of chapter 15 cases involving foreign restructuring.

Not Sharing is Caring: FinCEN Proposes Extending Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports to Foreign Affiliates

by James Mangiaracina (LAW ’20)

On January 24, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish a pilot program that permits certain financial institutions to share Suspicious Activity Reports with their foreign entities to combat illicit financial activity.

Leveling The Playing Field-U.S. Court Jurisdiction Over Disputes Between American Professional Athletes And Foreign Sports Teams

by Ken Jacobsen (Temple Law Professor), Noah Goodman (LAW '16) and Travis W. Watson (LAW ’21)

This article, which explores federal court jurisdiction over foreign business entities in the context of an American professional baseball player’s lawsuit against a Japanese professional baseball team and its corporate owner, uses the decision of the District Court finding personal jurisdiction over the team, but not its owner, as a springboard for a broader discussion of the jurisdictional issue. It explores the various analyses that are employed by courts in the Third Circuit and other Circuits, focusing particularly on the interactive nature of websites as a basis for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.