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Enforcing international arbitration awards in foreign
jurisdictions has long been a staple of international business.
Indeed, the practice is so common that it's governed by an
international treaty. The so-called New York Convention was adopted
by the United Nations in 1958 and has been ratified by virtually
every industrial country in the World, guaranteeing enforceability
of foreign arbitration awards as a matter of reciprocity.
Less well known is the manner of enforcing foreign law
judgments. Judgments of foreign courts can be enforced against US
entities (citizens and corporations) in US courts with relative