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Originally Posted by TheShark
United States Code (that's Federal Law, in case you didn't know) states "an alien may be sued in any district" 28 U.S.C. 1391(d). "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000 ... and is between ... citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign state." 28 U.S.C. 1332(a)(2). The United States has treaties with many foreign countries (including Canada and Japan) that allow citizens of one country who receives a court judgment against an entity in the other country to enter that judgment in a court of the defendant's county and get execution on the judgment in the country of the defendant. This is generally referred to as the "full faith and credit of judgments" provision in those treaties.
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If you happen to read this, drop me a line sometime. My brother is an attorney. He was a deputy prosecutor for several years and now represents the county in certain family law matters, if you follow. Anyway, I've been telling him for years that when he decides to finally go into private practice he should think outside the box as far as what area to get into. I'd LOVE to put you two in contact. He's brilliant, and has done all my work related legal stuff since '99; unofficially of course.
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