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...

Media on Libel and Defamation Suit Filed by Marks & Sokolov

by admin | Nov 8, 2013 | Blog, Publications

DON’T MENTION LAWYER’S NAME IN VAIN Translation of the “Vedomosti” newspaper article, December 10, 2008 Law Office of Marks and Sokolov intends to recover ten million dollars from Russian Holding Company Altimo (telecommunication branch of consortium Alfa...

Philadelphia Inquirer Covers Marks & Sokolov’s International Practice

by admin | Nov 7, 2013 | Blog, Publications

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...