Feb 24, Asia & Pacific -- TOKYO -- Japan is struggling to address international child custody issues amid renewed pressure from the United States and other countries to join a convention to deal with the problems that arise when failed international marriages result in children ...  (IFL)

Jan 21, All -- Riyadh-based Al Rajhi Bank, a major Saudi Arabian bank, is challenging the U.S. Patriot Act, claiming it unconstitutionally allows U.S. officials to punish foreign financial institutions that refuse to cooperate with demands for their records....  

Jan 18, Asia & Pacific -- New incorporation regulations that will affect foreign investors setting up representative offices in China, as well as those already already established, have been released by the Chinese State Administration for Industry and Commerce....  

Oct 25, Asia & Pacific -- Korea is moving to sign an international treaty to protect children against parental abuse and possible abduction in cases of multi-cultural marriage breakdown, according to international family law expert Jeremy Morley. ...  (IFL)

Sep 17, Europe -- EU Court of Justice has rule against Gibraltar-based on-line gambling firm Bwin which challenged fines imposed by Portugal's authorized betting organization, Santa Casa, due to Bwin offering in Portugal betting on soccer matches on its internet site...  (EU Law)

Jul 10, Europe -- The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Working Group on Bribery has favorably reported on Turkey's progress in complying with the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, taking a range of positive steps, including proposed legislation....  

May 25, USA -- A U.S. Senate committee is considering legislation to deal with foreign corporations in product liability cases. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island claims foreign manufacturers are not held to the same standards as U.S. manufacturers....  

Feb 5, South America -- The Civil Court of Appeals in Montevideo, Uruguay, has affirmed that under Guatemalan law, a transport carrier was exempted from liability when the carrier had followed instructions from the owner, applying a 1889 Montevideo Civil International Law Treaty...  (ConflictLaw)

Jan 2, USA -- A petition for writ of certiorari pending before the U.S. Supreme Court in Abbot v. Abbot brings forward one of the several disagreements among the U.S. courts regarding the operation of the Hague Abduction Convention....  

Dec 2, USA -- In one of the few cases brought in an American court under the the country's Alien Tort Claims Act, a jury has cleared Chevron Corp. of responsibility for a violent clash between the Nigerian military and villagers on a company oil platform....