Tag: FSIA

  • Case of the Day: Newman v. Bulgaria

    The case of the day is Newman v. Republic of Bulgaria (S.D.N.Y. 2017). Bulgaria owned a building in New York where its diplomats at the United Nations lived. The front entrance was covered by a canopy that covered the sidewalk in front of the building. The awning was supported by two posts, and two auxiliary……

  • Case of the Day: HWB Victoria Strategies v. Argentina

    The case of the day is HWB Victoria Strategies Portfolio v. Republic of Argentina (D. Kan. 2017). HWB and several other plaintiffs were judgment creditors of Argentina in the Argentine bond case I’ve written about before. They obtained a writ of attachment in the Cowley County Kansas court and attached two aircraft engines owned by……

  • Ira Ryk-Lakhman on the Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne Case

    Today new Letters Blogatory contributor Ira Ryk-Lakhman brings us a post on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne. Ira is a Ph.D. candidate and teaching fellow at University College London, and an associate with Tadmor Levy & Co. Welcome, Ira! Yesterday, May 1, 2017, the US Supreme Court delivered the……

  • Case of the Day: Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne

    The case of the day is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. (S. Ct. 2017). I’ve covered the case twice before, in May 2015 and November 2016. Here was my statement of the facts from before:

  • Case of the Day: Philipp v. Germany

    The case of the day is Philipp v. Federal Republic of Germany (D.D.C. 2017). It involves the Guelph Treasure, the Welfenschatz. In 1929, a consortium of three Jewish art dealers, J&S Goldschmidt, I. Rosenbaum, and Z.M. Hackenbroch, purchased the Treasure from the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg. The Treasure included dozens of medieval reliquaries and other religious……