Focus (Forum & Focus)
Mar. 26, 2008
Long Arm of the Law
Focus Column - By Peter J. Engstrom and Nancy Allred - A client’s assets, even located outside of the United States, are not beyond the reach of a civil forfeiture action within the 9th Circuit.
By Peter J. Engstrom and Nancy Allred
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As the global economy increasingly implicates more of our clients, international practitioners frequently are asked to analyze whether a district court may exercise jurisdiction over property located outside of the United States. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently confirmed that, so long as actions giving rise to a civil fo...
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