BY PATRICK ALAYON—In my limited experience in the field of international law, the issue of international service of process has proved to be a significant hurdle to bringing a successful lawsuit. Some countries do not have a treaty with the US that deals with service of process, and a litigant is left to the whims […]
BY FRANK WEHR–On February 22, 2014, Mexican marines captured and arrested Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.[1] Guzman, who was widely regarded as the world’s most wanted drug lord, was arrested through a covert operation at his modest condo in the Avenida del Mar condo tower in the pacific resort town of Mazatlan.[2] […]
BY HORACIO E. GUTIERREZ & DANIEL KORN — Investments in Internet infrastructure throughout Latin America are beginning to pay off, particularly as consumers, businesses, government agencies, health care providers and educational institutions use Internet connections to access innovative cloud computing services. Indeed, the market for cloud computing in Latin America is expected to grow at […]
BY STEPHEN J. LEACOCK — A government’s imposition of involuntary taxes on its subjects can have an incendiary impact on its subjects’ reaction to such taxes. This is the case in both the U.S.5 as well as in the Commonwealth Caribbean. It is therefore every politician’s quest for the holy grail of a perfect tax-substitute […]
