Global Dispute Resolution Insights Blog
The attorneys of Fox Rothschild’s International Arbitration Practice are experienced in assisting companies, investors and national entities in an array of complex disputes that can arise in international jurisdictions.
Global Dispute Resolution Insights surveys the latest developments and trends in international arbitration, ADR and cross-border litigation and offers insight to businesses involved in international transactions and trade agreements. Our interdisciplinary group of attorney bloggers provides analysis, best practices and guidance on pertinent domestic law and international conventions.
Recent Blog Posts
Court Orders $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds — Then Pauses Them — in 48 Hours
Fox Rothschild’s International Trade Co-Chair Lizbeth R. Levinson has an update on IEEPA tariff refunds: In what may be the single largest refund directive in the history of U.S. customs law, Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade on March 4 ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate and... Continue Reading…More
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That Federal Courts Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Authority in Damages Actions Brought by U.S. Victims of Palestinian Terror
In 2019, Congress enacted the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which created jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for terrorism-related lawsuits in U.S. courts, even when the act of terrorism occurred outside the United States. In the first case brought under PSJVTA, the widow of... Continue Reading…More
Anti-dumping Petition Targets Plywood Imports from China, Indonesia and Vietnam Importers and Exporters Must Act Now or Risk Punitive Tariffs Exceeding 400%
By Lizbeth R. Levinson and Alexander Keyser May 23, 2025 – A new trade petition filed with U.S. authorities could saddle plywood imports from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam with crushing tariffs — unless importers and exporters actively participate in the case. Companies that fail to respond to government inquiries in such anti-dumping petitions risk default... Continue Reading…More
The U.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One Party Requests It
In May 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided an issue that has divided the federal courts of appeals. When the claims at issue in a federal court suit are subject to arbitration, does the court have authority to dismiss the action, or can it only stay the action pending resolution of the arbitration? In Smith... Continue Reading…More
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether the Palestinian Authority Can Be Sued In the United States for Terror Attacks in Israel
The United States Supreme Court may soon decide whether U.S. victims of terrorist attacks in Israel may sue the Palestinian Authority (“PA”) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (“PLO)” for damages in U.S. courts. In 2019, the U.S. Congress passed a new law—the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (“PSJVTA”)—giving U.S. courts jurisdiction... Continue Reading…More
IRS Provides Additional Extensions for Taxpayers Affected by Terrorist Attacks in Israel
The IRS is extending relief for individuals and businesses affected by terrorism in the State of Israel beginning on September 30, 2024. In Notice 2024-72, the IRS provides additional relief to taxpayers in Israel, as well as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, over and above the relief the IRS provided in Notice 2023-71 to... Continue Reading…More
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Damages Issue in Trademark Dispute Involving Construction Engineering Firm
Dewberry Engineers Inc. (“Dewberry Engineers”), a prominent engineering firm, has been locked in an on-again, off-again trademark dispute with a real estate development firm called Dewberry Group, Inc. (“Dewberry Group”) for nearly two decades. Now, the dispute is going to the United States Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear Dewberry Group’s challenge to a... Continue Reading…More
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Holocaust Survivors’ Lawsuit Against Hungary in the United States for Expropriation of Their Property Is Permitted Under the Commercial Activities Exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Holocaust Survivors’ Lawsuit Against Hungary in the United States for Expropriation of Their Property Is Permitted Under the Commercial Activities Exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act By Sarah Biser and Craig Tractenberg After it became clear that they would lose World War II, Nazi Germany and Hungary raced... Continue Reading…More
U.S. Supreme Court Decides That, Where Parties Have Agreed to Two Contracts that Are In Conflict as to Whether a Dispute Between the Parties Is Subject to Arbitration, A Court Must Decide Which Contract Governs, Not an Arbitrator
In a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that a court, not an arbitrator, must decide whether a dispute is subject to arbitration when parties have agreed to two separate agreements that are in conflict as to whether a dispute between the parties is arbitrable.[1] The case involved Coinbase, Inc., which operates a... Continue Reading…More
U.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One Party Requests It
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided an issue concerning cases that are subject to arbitration that has divided the federal courts of appeals: when the claims at issue in a federal court suit are subject to arbitration, does the court have authority to dismiss the action, or can it only stay the action pending resolution... Continue Reading…More
