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• JURISDICTION (GENOCIDE)
  Constitutional Court of Spain rules that its courts may hear genocide cases even if they do not involve Spanish citizens, and holds that principle of “universal jurisdiction” takes precedence over alleged national interests
• INSURANCE, MARINE
  Applying New York law, English Court of Appeal (Civil Division) dismisses Exxon’s appeal from adverse rulings on coverage of insurance policies having to do with Alaskan oil spill of 1989
• SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
  Australian appellate court upholds dismissal of United States as third-party defendant, finding that mutual cooperation agreement between U.S. and Nauru was mainly political not commercial, thus rendering U.S. immune from suit under Australian state immunity statute
• SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
  In victims’ suit against Libya over 1986 bombing of West Berlin discotheque, D.C. Circuit dismisses for lack of appellate jurisdiction Libya’s interlocutory appeal from district court’s order allowing jurisdictional discovery
• TREATIES
  In reviewing dispute over loss of air cargo involving Warsaw Convention, Second Circuit holds that United States’ 1998 ratification of Montreal Protocol of 1975 did not result in ratification of Hague Protocol of 1955
• VIENNA CONVENTION
  In matter of first impression, Seventh Circuit holds that Vienna Convention on Consular Relations creates individual rights which may form basis of civil actions independently of criminal proceedings
• WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
  U.S. prevails before WTO in challenge to Mexican taxes on beverages sweetened with imported sweeteners other than cane sugar
• WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
  WTO Dispute Settlement Panel finds U.S “zeroing” methodology for calculating dumping margins inconsistent with GATT obligations