Thanks Dev. I've been following the story. I was hopeful that the 'leaked' original response from Standard Chartered Bank - they have a gilded colonial heritage - forecast a pushback. Nope. The trouble is reciprocity. As principle, the USG does not recognize that laws from anywhere else are good enough to obey. A deep nativist streak remains in the polity. If a U.S. Supreme Court Judge makes a ruling that refers a foreign court or jurisdiction, some of their own brethren would damn near bust a gut. Hey, the common fools on Fox go apeshit! Even in areas like international criminal law and laws (conventions) of war, the USG claims exemption. Such as, its claims on the Hague Convention. Or Spanish law on crimes against humanity that judge, Garzon, is so eager to enforce, especially on Cubans. In this ecosystem might remains right. Nix principle. Like it or not, makes Ol' Henry Kissinger a sage: "there are only permanent interests." - Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee@gmail.com>wrote:

Very informative article on the BBC website - American law: How non-US companies are affected : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/19172065 ;

The Internet is not mentioned but "real world" examples given of how non-US companies and individuals outside the US can be subject to US laws based on the concept that "..any sovereign, whether a country, province, state or municipality, has a right to expect that a company or person doing business in that territory is subject to the laws of that territory" _______________________________________________ lac-discuss-en mailing list lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en