The Preclusive Effect of Collusive Foreign Court Judgments

[Editor's note: Roland Goss is a partner with Jorden Burt, LLP, resident in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He is the chair of the firm's reinsurance practice and blogmaster for its reinsurance and arbitration blog, www.ReinsuranceFocus.com. For further information please contact Roland Goss ([email protected] or (202) 965-8148). This article does not constitute legal or other professional advice or service by Jorden Burt LLP and/or its attorneys.]

It is not unusual for there to be parallel or serial disputes regarding a reinsurance contract or program. In Telenor Mobile Communications AS v. Altimo Holdings & Investments Limited - F.3d -, 2009 WL …