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• ACT OF STATE DOCTRINE
  Ninth Circuit finds that district court violated Act of State Doctrine when it pursued contempt and discovery proceedings against bank which had transferred funds to Philippine government pursuant to judgment of Philippine Supreme Court
• FAMILY LAW
  Where Irish applicant married Irish man in Ireland based on his fraudulent representations as to validity of his Ohio divorce from another, Irish Supreme Court rules that applicant for separation and benefits cannot invoke equitable estoppel to prevent wrongdoer from challenging their invalid marriage but two Justices suggest other civil remedies she might have against wrongdoer under facts found by lower court
• FAMILY LAW
  Citing various international conventions and domestic laws on DNA sampling in other countries, German High Court holds in two decisions that paternity cannot be challenged based on secretly collected DNA evidence without violating children’s fundamental rights to personality and informational self-determination
• FOREIGN LAW, PROOF OF
  On review by Delaware Supreme Court of international contract litigation where Saudi Arabian law applied, Court upholds trial court’s thorough study of experts on that law as applied to Saudi tort law of ghasb or usurpation
• JUDGMENT, FINALITY OF
  Third Circuit dismisses appeal of order that quashed garnishment against third party that owes money to Nicaragua because district court decision was non-final under 28 U.S.C. Section 1291
• JURISDICTION, PERSONAL
  Federal Circuit vacates jurisdictional dismissal in patent dispute between French government research agency and major international manufacturers, and remands for allowance of jurisdictional discovery denied by lower court
• WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
  WTO Panel finds largely in favor of South Korea in U.S.-Korea dispute over U.S. restrictions on imports of Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors (DRAMS) from Korea