How Cos. With Cuba Ties Can Fight Helms-Burton Act Suits

By Matthew Aho, Martin Domb, Pedro Freyre and Augusto Maxwell (April 25, 2019, 4:54 PM EDT) -- For the first time in 23 years, the United States government announced on April 17, 2019, its intention to activate Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Solidarity Act of 1996, popularly known as Helms-Burton. This unprecedented move means that certain individuals whose property was confiscated by the Cuban government beginning in 1959 will — as of May 2, 2019 — be able to sue in U.S. federal courts anyone who "traffics" in (i.e. derives any economic benefit whatsoever from) the property in question...

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