Month: June 2024

Expansion of the availability of judicial review of agency actions has had a marked effect on the nature of trade proceedings, particularly in the antidumping and countervailing duty areas. Since the emergence of the Court of International Trade (CIT) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC or Federal Circuit), a number of Read More …

Volumes I and II of the Hawk treatise differ significantly. The second volume treats the entire field of European Communities antitrust law, whereas the first volume deals only with the international application of U.S. antitrust law. Joel Davidow

Part I of this of this Note will describe the evolution of United States antitrust laws and their application to international joint ventures. Part II of this Note will then demonstrate, through an analysis of the GM-Toyota decision, that the FTC’s settlement of its proceedings against GM and Toyota embodies an industrial policy. Part III Read More …

Extraterritorial application of the United States antitrust laws often has been a sticking point between the United States and its foreign trading partners. Tensions have arisen between the United States and other nations in this area as a result of differing competition policies, regulatory regimes, legal systems and forms of business enterprise. The importance of Read More …

In this Note, the legal basis of the United States position will be evaluated. After an overview of the events surrounding the controversy, the sources of the General Assembly’s budgetary and apportioning authority and the United Nations’ budget procedures will be considered. There will follow a discussion of an International Court of Justice advisory opinion Read More …

At the end of 1982, Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil) withdrew from its Libyan oil exploration and production concessions. Subsequently, Mobil filed an arbitration claim against the Libyan Government, alleging that government action had effectively destroyed the economic value of Mobil’s concession. This arbitration raises substantial questions of transnational contract law. Part I of this Note Read More …

In this Note, the constitutionality of the federal Medicaid citizenship provision and state citizenship provisions enacted pursuant thereto is addressed. The constitutionality of the state Medicaid citizenship provisions is examined under the equal protection standards applicable to undocumented children. The constitutionality of the citizenship provisions of Title XIX, and the federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, Read More …

During the 2017 summer transfer window, the football world was turned on its head when French powerhouse, Paris Saint-Germain (“PSG”), undertook a record-breaking spending spree.1 PSG purchased Neymar da Silva Santos Junior from Barcelona FC for approximately EU€221 million, breaking the previous record set by Manchester United’s EU€96 million purchase of Paul Pogba from Juventus Read More …

In 2019, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan struck down the FGM Act, a 1996 statute which makes performing female genital mutilation a federal crime. The court held that the FGM Act was an unconstitutional overstep of Congress’ authority to regulate interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause, since FGM is Read More …

Looks at the arrest of Raymond Bayron Velez, Efran Morales Caban and Pedro Rosado and their relation to the Treaty between the United States of America and the United States Mexican States on the Execution of Penal Sentences (Treaty). David Vaida