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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
INS Recommends Preservation of Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments Act In a report of May 11,1988, Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner Alan C. Nelson recommended that the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amerndments Act (IMFA) of 1986 be kept intact.  The IMFA... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Immigration
Commission of the European Communities' Green Paper on Copyright and the Challenge of Technology On June 7, 1988 the Commission of the European Communities released a Communication from the Commission entitled "Green Paper on Copyright and the Challenge of Technology- Copyright Issues Requiring... Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. 4 8 1988-08-01 Europe Copyright
Bill Imposing Tougher Sanctions Against South Africa Progresses In February 1987, Representative Ron Dellums (D-CA) and Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) introduced HR.1589 and S.556 to impose comprehensive sanctions against South Africa.  The bills would amend the... Steve Smith 4 8 1988-08-01 South Africa Human Rights
Inter-American Court Finds Honduras Guilty of Disappearance On July 29, 1988, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereafter the "Court") in a far-reaching opinion ruled in favor of Juan Manfredo Velasquez Rodriguez, ordering payment of damages by the... Ricardo Martinez Tanoira and Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 Honduras Human Rights
Court Finds Jurisdiction Over Department of Commerce Reversal of Export Control Denial In a landmark decision in Dart v. United States on May 31, 1988, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found, per Mikva, Circuit Judge, that judicial review of export... Ralph J. Mehnert 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Export Enforcement
Book Review: Bakerics/Wilson/Weigel, Anti-dumping, Countervailing Duty, and Other Trade Actions; Practicing Law Institute Foreign parties often view U.S. trade actions as criminal actions or hybrids of a criminal and administrative nature.  Counterveiling and anti-dumping duties are seen as quasi-penalties, and bars to... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Trade Enforcement
Congressional Subcommittee Investigates Drug Trafficking for Assisting Contras On July 28, 1988, the Subcommittee on Crime House Committee on the Judiciary held an oversight hearing on the "Enforcement of Federal Narcotics, Money Laundering and Firearms Laws."  It represented... Ricardo Martinez Tanoira 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Supreme Court Requires Target to Sign Consent Directive On June 22, 1988, in an 8 to 1 opinion, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the target of a federal grand jury investigation must sign a... Bruce Zagaris 4 7 1988-07-01 United States Bank Secrecy
GAO Gives Bad Marks to National Guard- Customs Anti-Smuggling Efforts In a report on Operation Autumn Harvest, the General Accounting Office (GAO) concludes that the Operation did not meet its primary objective of interdicting drug smugglers, although it provided... Bruce Zagaris 4 7 1988-07-01 United States Smuggle
1st Circuit Upholds Marijuana Conviction in High Seas Search In the case of United States v. Robinson et al, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in an opinion dated March 18, 1988, affirmed the conviction of three defendants for unlawful... Bruce Zagaris 4 7 1988-07-01 United States Drug Enforcement
Trinidad and the U.S. Schedule Tax Information Exchange Talks Trinidad and the United States have scheduled negotiations over a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA), and by the time the next IELR is published (the end of August), a TIEA should be concluded. Bruce Zagaris 4 7 1988-07-01 Trinidad and Tobago Taxation
U.S. Withdraws Ambassador to Protest Mexico's Refusal to Extradite Alleged Terrorist On June 24, 1988, the Government of Mexico released William Morales, 37, a national of Puerto Rico whose extradition the United States Government had requested.  The Mexican Government denied the U.S... Bruce Zagaris and Ricardo Tanoira Martinez 4 7 1988-07-01 Mexico Terrorism
PLO Mission Controversy The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on June 29, 1988 that the United States Government did not have legal authority to close the Palestine Liberation... Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. 4 7 1988-07-01 Palestine Terrorism
Hearing Held on Bill for Securities Enforcement and Cooperation On June 29, the Subcommittee on Securities of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing concerning S.2544, The International Securities Enforcement Cooperation Act of... Bruce Zagaris 4 7 1988-07-01 United States Adjective Enforcement
Brazil and U.S. Conclude Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Securities Enforcement On June 1,1988, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Brazil Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios (CVM) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Bruce Zagaris and Ricardo Tanoira Martinez 4 7 1988-07-01 Brazil Securities Trade Enforcement
Controversy Ensues over Decision-Making Process in the Indictment of Foreign Leaders Several developments recently have brought to the forefront the decision-making processes for indicting foreign leaders. Bruce Zagaris 4 7 1988-07-01 World Indictment
United States Appeal Canadian McVey Extradition Ruling The United States on June 20, 1988 appealed in the British Columbia Court the extradition ruling on Charles McVey.  The United States claimed that "it must meet prima facie proof that the conduct of... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 4 7 1988-07-01 United States Extradition
House of Representatives Passes Berne Adherence Bill On May 10, 1988, the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 4262, the "Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988."  This act brings the United States closer than ever to adherence to the... Jay Rosenthal 4 6 1988-06-01 United States Intellectual Property
Criminal Copyright Infringement Penalties Increasing Worldwide For years, the United States has been promoting worldwide reform of domestic copyright laws to increase penalties for copyright infringement and to ease administrative and judicial mechanisms for... Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. 4 6 1988-06-01 World Copyright
Seminar Addresses Counterfeit, Piracy, Export Control Enforcement At a seminar in Washington, entitled "U.S. International Trade Laws: Changing the Rules of the Game", which the British-American Business Association, the French-American Chamber of Commerce, and the... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 4 6 1988-06-01 United States Piracy

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