The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, which became effective in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2012, has a 15-year deadline for lawsuits to recognize and enforce judgments issued in other nations. But Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act — which implements the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards — sets a three-year countdown for suits seeking a judgment confirming an arbitration award that is covered by the 1958 treaty. 9 U.S.C. Section 207 …