Considers the following bills to amend the International Claims Settlement Act. S. 1935 to provide for determination and settlement of U.S. nationals claims covered by the U.S.-Polish Claims Agreement of 1960. S. 2064 to permit return of certain alien property interests seized during WWII to nationals of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania who are judged to have been persecuted by their governments during WWII.

Considers H.R. 9063, to amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to authorize transfer to individual claimants of funds paid to the U.S. in settlement of claims against Rumania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia.

Considers S. 706, to amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to extend eligibility provisions for submission of war claims, expropriation claims, and other claims against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

This volume celebrates the first fifty years of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) by presenting the landmark cases that have been decided under its auspices. These cases have addressed every aspect of investment disputes: jurisdictional thresholds; the substantive obligations found in investment treaties, contracts, and legislation; questions of general international law; and a number of novel procedural issues. Each chapter, written by an expert on the chapter’s particular focus, looks at an international investment law topic through the lens of one or more of these leading cases, analyzing what the case held, how it has been applied, and its overall significance to the development of international investment law. These topics include: - applicable law; - res judicata in investor-State arbitration; - notion of investment; - investor nationality; - consent to arbitration; - substantive standards of treatment; - consequences of corruption in investor-State arbitration; - State defenses - counter-claims; - assessment of damages and cost considerations; - ICSID Arbitration Rule 41(5) objections; - mass claims, consolidation and parallel proceedings; - provisional measures; - arbitrator challenges; - transparency and amicus curiae; and - annulment. Because the law of international investment continues to grow in importance in an ever globalizing world, this book is more than a fitting way to mark the past fifty years and to welcome the next fifty years of development. It will prove both educational for practitioners new to the field and informative for seasoned investment lawyers. Moreover, the book itself is a landmark that will be of great value to professionals, scholars and students interested in international investment law.

Considers H.R. 7622, to repeal measures allowing for the vesting of Cuban assets in the U.S. for the purposes of paying off all debts and claims against Cuba. The repeal measures would also prohibit the payment of claims incurred prior to Jan. 1, 1959.