Archive for November, 2011
November 1st, 2011
Complicated Versus Complex
The terms complicated and complex are increasingly being used interchangeably, and it’s starting to bug me. While they do have many meanings in common, they are not interchangeable. So here [...]
November 1st, 2011
International Domestication of Judgments
In a recent case an attorney I was working with was seeking overseas assets to satisfy a judgment. I asked him if the judgment had the necessary elements to domesticate [...]
November 1st, 2011
Another Fraudulent Venezuelan Bond
Lets first deal with the face of the bond. Look at the text where language specific character sets are used, such as the á and é in América, devengará, deberá, [...]
November 1st, 2011
Piracy
Last months story on Yacht security got me thinking about Piracy. Speaking to several experts I was reminded of an old phrase — “You know what you know, and you [...]
November 1st, 2011
www.stjamesandthegang.com
www.stjamesandthegang.com In July your editor went on a pilgrimage in Spain with three remarkable gentlemen, an 800-kilometer (500 mile) journey from St. Jean Pied-de-Port to Compostela. St. Jean Pied-de-Port is [...]
