February 2017 – Crystal & Giannoni-Crystal

Published On - February 17, 2017

Waiting for the Big Beautiful Door: Basic Pointers for Foreign Nationals During the Early Days of the Trump Administration

Sooner or later, we must all face the fact that Donald Trump won the election and is now president. For foreign nationals in the United States, the sooner the better. Exactly what this means for immigrants—documented or undocumented—nobody really knows. Within days of taking office, Trump caused...

Published On - February 17, 2017

fgiannoni International litigation and enforcement of Foreign Judgements

California federal court allows service of process on foreign defendant via Twitter

On September 30, 2016, a California federal court granted permission to serve process through Twitter on a foreign defendant. In this case, plaintiff St. Francis Assisi (a non-profit corporation) sued the defendants Kuwait Finance House, Kuveyt-Turk Participation Bank Inc., and Hajjaj al-Ajmi (an ...

Published On - February 9, 2017

fgiannoni Tidbits of ethics

Self-Assessment Checklists May Help Lawyers in Risk Management

The practice of law is laden with risk. Ok … yes … we all know that. The difficult problem that lawyers face is what they can do to reduce risk without devoting so much time to risk management that it interferes with the practice of law. Technology is the answer. Right? Well not ...

Published On - February 1, 2017

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Certiorari petition filed with the Supreme Court for the revision of NY physical office requirement

On December 15, 2016 Ekaterina Schoenefeld filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court for a revision of the New York requirement of physical office for non resident lawyers. The question presented is: “May a state – consistent with the Privileges and Immunities Clause ...