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• CHILD ABDUCTION
  Tenth Circuit rules that it cannot order child to be returned to U.S. under Hague Convention on Child Abduction (1) where Respondent took child from U.K. to U.S. in violation of English custody order, and (2) where new English custody order limiting Respondent’s custody rights prevents U.S. courts from granting relief
• COPYRIGHTS
  In litigation over whether representatives of U.K. estate of deceased American guitarist Jimi Hendrix are entitled to poshumous royalties from sale of CDs of his live performances in Sweden and U.S. before effective date of Copyright Designs and Patents Act of 1988, as amended, English Court of Appeal (Civil Division) rules in favor of Hendrix’s estate
• JUDGMENTS
  In proceeding to enforce French judgment awarding 3 million Francs as “reserve,” California Appellate Court holds that the award was final and otherwise fully enforceable under California’s version of Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act
• JURISDICTION (PERSONAL)
  Third Circuit rules that Barbados Hotel can be subject to specific personal jurisdiction in a slip and fall case brought in Pennsylvania where Plaintiffs resided in Pennsylvania and Defendant had solicited Plaintiffs patronage at their home
• PRIVILEGE (STATE SECRETS)
  On appeal from dismissal of case brought by German citizen based on alleged “extraordinary rendition” by CIA agents and civilian contractors coupled with mistreatment, Fourth Circuit affirms because, despite general publicity on existence of such renditions, litigation of case would require evidence of specific matters covered by state secrets privilege timely invoked by United States
• SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
  D.C. Circuit rules that discharged Egyptian citizen formerly working as accountant for embassy of United Arab Emirates’ was engaged in commercial rather than governmental employment, and therefore could bring suit under commercial activity exception to the FSIA