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• The World Gets a Little Smaller; International Employers May Find Themselves Sued in the U.S. for Egregious Overseas Labor Practices ( September 2004 )
  Kenneth J. Rose of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  Over the past 25 years, a number of federal courts found that the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA") permitted foreign victims to sue for such violations of international law as summary executions, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. Some of those lawsuits were brought against U.S.-headquartered multinational corporations for their alleged involvement in improper and abusive labor practices in developing countries that were said to comprise human rights violations.

• Bridging the Housing Gap in Emerging Markets ( October 2000 )
  Overseas Private Investment Corporation

  Shows how OPIC could play an important role in the development of the housing sector in emerging markets by supporting the development of housing finance infrastructure; using its guarantees and insurance to support existing risk-sharing entities, and to target specific cash flow gaps in bond transactions; and by helping to mitigate foreign exchange risk.

• United States Securities Law and International Securities Transactions ( October 2000 )
  Robert A. Solomon of Solomon Pearl Blum Heymann & Stich LLP

  (The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance of William L. Blum, Esq., Gregory R. Huls, Esq., Mark A. Karpe, E.

• The Infamous IR-35: A Tax Change for the IT Sector ( May 2000 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  This alert summarizes England's new regulation, IR35 and provides a brief overview of how this law applies in the IT Sector.

• UNCITRAL: A Legislative Guide to Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects ( October 1999 )
  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  In September, 1999, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) - the core legal body of th.

• BVI Continues to Dominate International Company Formations ( June 1999 )
  O'Neal, Webster, O'Neal, Myers, Fletcher & Gordon

  The annual international company incorporation survey for 1997 conducted by the Offshore Investment magazine shows .

• March 16, 1999 Special Report: European Commission Resigns En Bloc ( March 1999 )
  Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

  This report provides background and analytical information regarding the en masse resignation of the entire EU commission.