Often foreign entities obtain monetary damages against U.S. citizens in foreign courts,
but find themselves unable to collect on the judgments because the defendant’s assets
are located not in the judgment’s country, but in the United States. In these cases,
plaintiffs may seek to enforce foreign judgments against American defendants in U.S.
courts. The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, which has
been adopted by many U.S. states, requires American states to give effect to and to
enforce foreign judgments.1 And indeed, American courts routinely recognize foreign
judgments and ensure their enforcement.