This article examines whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may take a more expansive approach to the extraterritorial reach of its jurisdiction in light of the recent decision by ...

On June 18, 2023, the Canadian government publicly accused the Indian government of killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and a prominent leader in the Khalistan movement that advocates for ...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth S. Gallant of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law says that careful delineation of the application of extraterritorial law is the ...

Human Rights militant before the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Image via DPLF. All rights reserved. When a State enables the creation of companies under its ...

Fraud has a tendency to ooze across borders, and fraudsters often locate in the jurisdiction of greatest laxity. This sets up an inevitable tension between prosecutorial zeal and legal doctrine. As ...

The sentencing of a Zetas cartel assassin in Texas is the latest example of US prosecutors applying extraterritorial jurisdiction to foreign nationals for crimes they committed abroad, and which on ...

John D. Roesser, a partner at Winston & Strawn, and Louis A. Russo, an associate at the firm, write that the lower courts' applications of the transactional test have led to a far wider application of ...

Partners at Foley Hoag examine how recent CJEU jurisprudence may serve as a catalyst for recalibrating US judicial reluctance to entertain foreign patent claims Patents are national rights, remaining ...

Holding citizens legally accountable for their actions while overseas has been a source of diplomatic tension since ancient times. This is perhaps no more true than in today's highly connected, ...

On January 9, 2021, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) released the Measures for Blocking Improper Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Laws and Measures (“Measures”), with immediate effect. The ...