Timothy G. Nelson

The Helms-Burton Act permits U.S. nationals whose property was confiscated by the Cuban government to seek compensation from persons who later “trafficked” in that property....more Our annual survey provides updates on significant legal reforms affecting arbitration in jurisdictions in North and South America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as discussions of major court rulings around...more So far in 2026, plaintiffs have filed comparably fewer new actions under the Antiterrorism Act of 1990 (ATA), as amended by the 2016 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)....more Antarctica, the seventh continent, is only a recent discovery. Few people have been there, and of the even fewer who live there, almost all are only temporarily stationed. Most are scientists; none (or virtually none) are...more