Defending U.S. Citizens and Corporations in Cross Border Proceedings, Extradition, Mutual Assistance, and Asset Seizures: A French Prospective (XVIA)

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Friday, October 1, 1999
Author: 
Francois Serres and Elodie LeGal
Volume: 
15
Issue: 
10
436
Abstract: 
When dealing with international crimes especially, one should be concerned with the very unique way that each country prosecutes each violation of its internal law which may create controversy when exchange of information is requested. As a matter of fact, some civil proceedings that are initiated in the U.S., because of their differences with the very same French civil and even criminal proceedings, cannot be a proper vehicle for the success of mutual assistance requests....[more]