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U.S. Customs Cancels Proposed Remote TV System on Canadian Border |
The border between Maine and Canada was to be the site for an elaborate cost-cutting program. The U.S. Customs Service was putting together the "Northern Border Enhancement" which reportedly... |
Peter Brown |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Customs Enforcement |
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Book Reviews: II International Criminal Law Procedure by M. Cherif Bassiouni |
Volume II follows Volume I by dealing with the procedural aspects of international criminal law, which is also known as adjective international criminal law. The author also previously referred to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
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International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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ALI-ABA Program & Bilateral Agreements Highlight Securities Cooperation Program |
A program entitled "Transactional Commercial and Trade Litigation: Recent Developments" and new Memoranda of Understanding on the Sharing of Information in Matters Relating to Securities and Futures... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Securities Exchange Commission |
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Book Reviews: Entertainment Industry Contracts: Negotiating and Drafting Guide, Edited by Donald C. Farber |
Criminal and civil enforcement of intellectual property rights abroad has increasingly become an area of concern for international lawyers drafting contracts for clients in the entertainment field. ... |
Jay Rosenthal |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
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Intellectual Property |
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U.S. Extradition Request of Lebanese from Germany Stirs Interest |
On January 19, 1987, the press widely reported that the United States filed papers with the West German government requesting the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hamadei, a Lebanese Shiite Moslem, wanted... |
Bruce Zagaris and Cornelia Beck |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Germany |
Extradition |
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Swiss Double Criminality in Export Control Investigations |
The Swiss Supreme Court decided on July 14, 1986 that some enforcement meaures for judicial assistance benefitting the United States are proper even if there is no proven violation of a criminal law... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Switzerland |
Export Enforcement |
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Extradition of a Jew By Israel? |
On December 22, 1986, The Israeli Supreme Court began the review of the extradition of a convicted Jewish murderer. William Nakash, who in France was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia, fled... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke and Jay Rosenthal |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Israel |
Extradition |
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INS Rules on Penalty of Transport Entities for Illegal Entries |
The January 16, 1987 issue of the Federal Register announced proposed rules to enforce the penalty provided in 8 U.S.C. 1321 on owners, masters, officers and agents of vessels, aircraft,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Immigration |
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INS Issues Regulations on Enforcement of New Immigration Law |
On January 19, 1987, the INS issued proposed regulations to implement the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. It requires the preparation of an Individual's Application for Employment (Form... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Immigration |
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Power of CFTC to Issue Subpoenas Extraterritorially Is Expanded |
On November 10, 1986, President Reagan signed into law HR 4613 which gives expanded power under the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to serve... |
Cornelia Beck and Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Fraud |
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Former Nazi Stripped of Citizenship for World War II Activities |
The Department of Justice has announced that U.S. District Judge Harold Ackerman stripped Stefan Leili, 77, formerly of Clifton, New Jersey, of his U.S. citizenship on December 29, 1986, due to his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Holocaust |
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U.S. Promulgates Additional Regulations on South African Economic Sanctions |
Recently the International Trade Administration ("ITA"), U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"), U.S. Department of the Treasury, published final regulations... |
Louis E. Emery |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Economic Sanctions |
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Anti-Drug Abuse Act Has Immigration Ramifications |
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 has provisions that amend substantially the Immigration and Nationality Act. Subtitle M "Amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act", requires the Attorney... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Genocide Convention Implementing Legislation Introduced in House |
The Genocide Convention (the "Convention") was ratified by the Senate on February 19, 1986. Pursuant to Article V of the Convention and in accord with the Senate's declaration concerning Article V,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Genocide |
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Ass't Commissioner (International) Makes Impact in Enforcement |
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that, pending the issuance of revised Internal Revenue Service documents such as publications, revenue procedures, and the regulations under Title 26 of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Chamchi Obtains Refugee Status in Canada |
A ruling by Judge Sweet to deny a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Mr. Charmchi has become moot due to the actions of Charmchi's counsel, Nelson Brill. Fearing that Charmchi would in fact... |
Peter Brown |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Canada |
Jurisdiction |
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Annual Report of Inter-American Human Rights Commission |
The Annual Report of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR), 1985-86, contains a comprehensive discussion of the IACHR's work, resolutions on individual cases, the status of human rights... |
Cornelia Beck |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Human Rights |
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States Agree to Exchange Tax Info with Federal Intelligence |
The Internal Revenue Service in its Manual Transmittal 9781-88 of November 6, 1986 has provided supplemental information on the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) records. EPIC is a multi-agency... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Taxation |
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Decision on Multilateral Assistance Convention Postponed |
In recent weeks discussion has ensued over the OECD/Council of Europe draft Multilateral Convention on Mutual Adminstrative Assistance in Tax Matters (hereinafter "Draft Convention"). For instance... |
Bruce Zagaris and Clemens Kochinke |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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West German Adopts Sanctions Against Syria |
On November 26 a court in West-Berlin sentenced Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi and Farouk Salameh to 14 and 13 years in prison, respectively, for plantina a bomb at the German-Arab Friendship Society in... |
Anke Lilienthal |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
Syria |
Sanctions |