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• CONSULAR RELATIONS
  U.S. Supreme Court, by vote of 6 to 3, declines either to apply exclusionary rule or to fashion exception to state forfeiture rules when state authorities fail to notify foreign detainees of their rights to contact their respective consulates pursuant to Article 36 of Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
• GENEVA CONVENTIONS
  In 5 to 3 vote, U.S. Supreme Court holds that military commissions set up by Executive Branch to try Guantanamo Bay detainees violate not only U.S. law but also 1949 Geneva Conventions
• JURISDICTION (PERSONAL)
  On appeal from dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction under New York’s long-arm statute, Second Circuit holds that lower court erred in failing to take into account in-state contacts which underlay contract that gave rise to challenged arbitration award
• LETTERS ROGATORY (EVIDENCE)
  Ontario Court of Appeal upholds enforcement of Canadian Plaintiff’s request for Letters Rogatory in U.S. securities fraud class action which orders production of voluminous accounting documents by Canadian branch of accounting firm
• PRIVACY, RIGHT TO
  European Court of Justice annuls agreement between European Council and United States government to authorize exchange of personal data on European airline passengers on flights to and from European Union and United States on grounds that security matters lie outside powers of European Union
• SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
  District of Columbia Circuit rejects argument that expropriation of company stock by Chinese government qualifies as “commercial activity” within the meaning of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976
• WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
  In complaint filed by United States, WTO panel finds European Community customs law administration inconsistent at several points with GATT 1994 trading rules on uniformity and independence