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• COMITY
  In deciding whether to recognize Mexican bankruptcy court order, Fifth Circuit finds that foreign proceeding, to receive comity, must provide defendant with specific notice and opportunity to be heard
• EQUITABLE REMEDIES
  New South Wales appellate court rules that neither judicial “merger” of law and equity proceedings nor sound policy empower it to change domestic law that bars equity award of punitive damages for breaches of fiduciary duties
• FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
  In insurance dispute involving Irish insurance company owned by Irish government, Third Circuit holds that, for sovereign immunity purposes under FSIA Section 1603(b)(2), “organ” of foreign government requires public activity by company on behalf of foreign government
• FORFEITURE
  In proceeding to forfeit illegal drug proceeds in foreign bank accounts, Third Circuit decides that district court where underlying criminal acts occurred has jurisdiction over such property
• TERRORISM
  Second Circuit affirms dismissal of declaratory judgment action by September 11, 2001, survivors against Iraq and other parties which sought to attach Iraqi assets under Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
• TORTS
  House of Lords, in four-to-three vote, holds, citing U.S. and other authorities, that disabled mother who bore healthy child because of negligent sterilization operation is not entitled to have National Health Service pay costs of bringing up child