German Sovereignty Lost in 1945?
am 31.10.2006 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionCK - Washington. Did Germanys surrender in 1945 trigger its loss of sovereign immunity so that Germany may be sued in American courts under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act? A German American heir to German tax debts failed to convince the United States District Court for the District of Columbia of this proposition, in the matter Harold William Gutch v. Federal Republic of Germany, case number 05-2338, decided on …
Verlor Deutschland Immunität?
German American Law Journal :: US-Recht auf Deutsch / CK - Washington. Verzichtete Deutschland mit der Kapitulation 1945 auf seine Immunität und darf nun in den USA verklagt werden? Einem deutsch-amerikanischen Erben deutscher Steuerschulden gelang es nicht, das US-Gericht in Sachen Harold W…
Foreign Assistance: No, Thanks
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Information pours in that the United States declines offers of flood assistance from foreign countries. On the radio, listeners complain that foreign countries show no interest in assisting. Gradually, some radio stations broa…
Jurisdictional Discovery
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In the Embassy Law Blog, Thomas Corcoran explains the D.C. Circuits September 30, 2005 ruling in Robert Lee Beecham et al. v. Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya et al., docket number 04-7037, which involves the issue of …
Waiver and Embassy Accounts
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A blanket waiver of sovereign immunity in the term of government bonds marketed commercially does not affect the immunity afforded the governments diplomatic assets in Germany, the German Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsr…
German-American Law Conference
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. After an encouraging and stimulating introduction by Ambassador Scharioth of the German Embassy in Washington, DC and both Ludwig Leyendecker and Georgetown University Law School Dean Alexander Aleinikoff relating German-Amer…
Fest- oder Geiselnahme?
German American Law Journal :: US-Recht auf Deutsch / CK - Washington. Am 21. November 2006 entschied der United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia die Frage, wann eine Festnahme zur Geiselnahme wird. Libyen hatte 1987 zwei Touristen festgenommen. Die überlebende Amerikaner…
Forum Shopping in Germany
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A regularly heard criticism of the American legal system in Germany is the seemingly limitless number of fora eager to hear cases against out-of-town defendants. The same nirvana for plaintiffs exists in Germany, under case la…
Anonymous Defamation on American Servers?
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Two German decisions on the liability of forum owners for objectionable comments left on web sites may lead to more users in Germany moving questionable discussions to American servers. Although forum providers enjoy some insu…
Conference on German American Law
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The association of German American lawyers, Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung begins its annual meeting and conference on October 27. Through October 29, 2006, DAJV offers presentations and workshops on issues in lega…
Hotel Marks in Germany and Spain
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In the matter 33 O 209/03, the Cologne District Court, Landgericht ruled on September 13, 2005 that a German trademark for hotels in Germany is not violated by the same mark used for a hotel in Spain even if the Spanish hotel…
Inheritance, Assets in Germany II
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The initial assumptions and steps to recover assets in Germany in a probate proceeding involving an American decedent, discussed in Inheritance, Assets in Germany I, lead to the issues of the satisfaction of tax obligations an…
Beware the German Domain Rule
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In the dim ages of the Internet, trademark law and domain law were two separate branches of the law. Trademark law addressed priorities and the domestic, territorial nexus of vendor and goods or services. Domain law resolved…
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