Ah, I'm not the one who did this; and as an American, I never would--easier to resolve it more traditionally. However, the client being American and the firm being European, I can see how this became the option of choice.
That seems a little prejudiced. I know Americans who would do this. That doesn't make them less American. I know Germans who wouldn't. That doesn't make them not German. No generalizations, thank you.
It's not a generalization. He's saying that since he's American, he's "local" and can challenge it in American courts, while the firm who built this site is European and cannot (as easily). It's much more difficult for a European to sue an American company for failed payments.
I was referring to the fact that the contract was international, not to the nationalities of either party.
Might be mis-reading, but I took his comment to mean just that it would be harder for an international company to resolve this through the court system here in the US (and thus other approaches become more attractive).