Top Ten Things to Consider Before you Engage a Foreign Law Expert

by Marks & Sokolov, LLC | Dec 21, 2013 | Blog, M&S Updates, Publications

Expert reports on foreign law are put together with a goal to educate the court with regard to the substances of a foreign law the tribunal is not familiar with. The judge can call upon experts to evaluate a certain fact or action from the point of view of foreign...

Things to Know About Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Country Judgments In the United States

by Marks & Sokolov, LLC | Dec 21, 2013 | Blog, Publications

Winning parties to non-U.S. litigation matters often look to sources in the United States to satisfy their judgments.  American courts will generally accept a judgment obtained in a foreign judicial proceeding as binding and permit enforcement. The first thing a...

Important Developments in the Fiduciary Duties of Officers and Directors of Russian Companies

by Marks & Sokolov, LLC | Dec 20, 2013 | Blog, Publications

December 20, 2013 By: Maria Grechishkina In the year 2013 Russian law received an unprecedented interpretation of what is known in the Western legal doctrine as fiduciary duties of the corporate officers and directors. The term “Good Faith” is not a complete novelty...

Philadelphia Inquirer Covers Marks & Sokolov’s International Practice

by Marks & Sokolov, LLC | Feb 10, 2010 | M&S in Press

A Shift From Pa. Politics to International Law Extracted from an article by Chris Mondics on philly.com, February 16, 2010 What with reports of bribery and politically motivated prosecutions, extrajudicial killings, and use of psychiatric commitment as punishment...