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NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Winter 2011 Vol. 24, No. 1 Articles The Independence of International Arbitrators and Judges: Tampered With or Well Tempered? Fabien Gélinas .....................................................................................................1 The State of the ADR Movement in Italy: The Advancement of Mediation in the Shadows of the Stagnation of Arbitration M. Henry Martuscello II .....................................................................................49 Thailand’s Ineffectual Property Regime Nan Sze Ling .......................................................................................................99 Correction to Recapturing Art Lauren Fae Silver..............................................................................................169 Recent Decisions Cedeño v. Intech Group, Inc. ...........................................................................171 RICO suit is dismissed where the Venezuelan government-affiliated defendants’ sole connection to the United States is limited to the transfers of funds into and out of U.S.-based bank accounts, extending the presumption against extraterritoriality. Guirlando v. T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S. ............................................................177 No subject-matter jurisdiction over a Turkish bank was found under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, because the “commercial activity exception” is inap plicable when a bank’s conduct lacks the requi- site effect in the United States. Karoon v. Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell& Vassallo, P.C. .................................... 181 The defendant law firm’s right to enforce a 12-year-old judgment against a former client’s properties located in France, which the court holds is unprotected by the CPLR, is deemed enforceable. Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. ..............................................................187 The court held that corporate liability is not a recognized norm of customary international law applicable pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute. Accordingly, the court dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Pik v. Chan ......................................................................................................199 A foreign plaintiff’s federal constitutional claim based on grounds of forum non conveniens was dis- missed, but the court required the defendants to agree to ser vice of process in the United Kingdom, and submit to its jurisdiction. S.K.I. Beer v. Baltika Brewery ..........................................................................205 The Second Circuit affirms the dismissal of a suit based on a forum-selection clause in a written agreement to distribute alcoholic beverages. The decision mandates that disputes arising from the agreement be processed in Russia, despite the New York Alcoholic Beverage Control Law providing for a cause of action within New York. NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION Published with the assistance of St. John’s University School of Law NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Winter 2011 Vol. 24, No. 1 NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION © 2011 New York State Bar Association ISSN 1050-9453 (print) ISSN 1933-849X (online) INTERNATIONAL SECTION Vice-Chair/Co-Chair Publications Editorial Board OFFICERS—2011 David W. Detjen, Alston & Bird LLP Chair 90 Park Avenue, 14th Fl., New York, NY 10016-1302 Carl-Olof E. Bouveng, Advokatfirman Lindahl KB [email protected] P.O. Box 1065, Stockholm SE-101 39 SWEDEN Vice-Chairs/Committees [email protected] Glenn G. Fox, Alston & Bird LLP Chair-Elect 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Andre R. 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