International Business Transactions in the News

Bernardo Cartoni, COVID-19 and International Trade Contracts: Is COVID-19 Force Majeure? (January 21, 2021). Available at SSRN.

Jemy Gatdula, "Being Right: Foreign investment damage under lockdowns," Business World, November 12, 2020 


Vivian Grosswald Curran, Federal Rule 44.1: Foreign Law in U.S. Courts Today (November 2, 2020). Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vol. 30, Forthcoming (pre-edited version), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-34

Yinan Guo Law, WTO Panel Holds Trump’s Tariffs on China Unlawful IBT Blog, September 21, 2020 

Riddhi Joshi, Force Majeure under the ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility: Assessing its Viability Against COVID-19 Claims, 24(2) ASIL Insights, September 17, 2020



Lucia Verzola, Yes, Missouri’s Attorney General is still trying to sue China regarding COVID-19 A "Historic" case for Eric Schmitt, The Pitch, September 8, 2020  

Dan Margolies, Missouri's COVID-19 lawsuit against China stalled in court, KRCGTV, September 1, 2020 

Landmark Recognition and Enforcement of a Foreign Arbitral Award in Myanmar, Global Arbitration News, September 2, 2020 


Legal Education Faces Its Waterloo As Wile E. Coyote, TaxProfBlog, August 20, 2020


DOJ issues first FCPA advisory opinion in six years, The FCPA Blog, August 18, 2020


U.S. tightens restrictions on Huawei yet again, underscoring the difficulty of closing trade routes, Washington Post, August 17, 2020


As U.S.-China rift grows, Mexico tries to lure American businesses to move operations closer to home, Washington Post, August 14, 2020


Covid Pressures Change to Where Lawyers Can Practice, Reuters, August 10, 2020


U.S. Glass Maker Seeks to Seize Venezuela-Owned Oil Tanker to Collect Award, Court Papers Show, Reuters, August 6, 2020


Trump calls TikTok a hot brand, demands a chunk of its sale price, TechCrunch, August 3, 2020


Goldman Sachs and Malaysia Reach $3.9 Billion Settlement in 1MDB Scandal, The New York Times, July 24, 2020

The headquarters of Goldman Sachs, which said the deal with Malaysia “is an important step towards putting the 1MDB matter behind us.”


Texas District Court Finds Arbitration Required in Hurricane Harvey Dispute and That Independent Adjusting Firm May Join in Arbitration, JD Supra, June 29, 2020

Tsang King Fung, Dicky, From Coronation to Coronavirus: Covid-19, Force Majeure and Private International Law (June 1, 2020). The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-32, 44 Fordham International Law Journal 187 (2020)

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