Exploring cross-border cases in U.S. courts and their relevance to business, politics, and people's lives. At of civ pro, int'l law, IBT, & foreign affairs.
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21 Nov 2024
US courts rarely consider sanctions clauses in transnational insurance contracts, which makes a new Dubai decision all the more significant. Pamela Bookman and Matthew Salavitch explain:
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20 Nov 2024
When can a court enjoin enforcement of a foreign judgment? Hannah Buxbaum discusses her new paper with @MichaelsRalf
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19 Nov 2024
Can a court in New York order Argentina to turnover assets outside the US to satisfy a judgment? New York’s highest court says yes, but DOJ says no. @ProfBillDodge has the details.
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14 Nov 2024
Kleptocrats shouldn't be allowed to use U.S. real estate to hide their ill-gotten gains--and "int'l comity" shouldn't be used to make claims against them effectively nonjusticiable. @pbstephan3 critiques a recent NY state court decision re: 🇰🇿:
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12 Nov 2024
Choice of law clauses are common in prenuptial agreements - and enforceable. @Tarheel_Lawprof has an example involving the NHL, Finland, and attorney's fees in excess of the promised spousal support:
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7 Nov 2024
What is judicial deference to the executive branch going to look like in Trump 2.0?
@ProfBillDodge explains how judges should handle that Q in immunity cases:
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6 Nov 2024
Courts do not agree about discovery in aid of proceedings before the EU's Unified Patent Court. Definitely an issue to watch, as @zclopton explains
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5 Nov 2024
X has a new forum selection clause! Guess what fora it selects? @Tarheel_Lawprof has thoughts. tlblog.org/twitter-has-a-new…
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31 Oct 2024
🧵Today CAL, @CivicResponse and @UG_SchoolOfLaw jointly filed a historic grievance with @ghcocobod on behalf of 30 cocoa farmers concerning its failure to adequately monitor and address issues of deforestation, illegal pesticide use, and hazardous child labor in the sector
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31 Oct 2024
More on Halkbank! Who speaks for the Executive on foreign sovereign immunity?
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28 Oct 2024
The prohibition of annexations lies at the core of international law, but it is often misunderstood, esp its relationship to jus ad bellum, as @MonicaHakimi and I argue in a newly published article: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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29 Oct 2024
Big news from the Second Circuit! The court follows up on #SCOTUS's decision in Halkbank.
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24 Oct 2024
How much impact do foreign data protection laws have on discovery in U.S. courts? See @IngridBrunk's analysis of a recent case involving discovery against an Israeli corporation, including Hague Evid. Conv. argument.
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23 Oct 2024
Is the Torture Victim Protection Act constitutional? Defendant challenging a $15.5 million jury verdict for conduct in Haiti argues nope, not constitutional. William Dodge argues yes. An important case!
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22 Oct 2024
Forum selection clauses should be interpreted in the same way by state and federal courts, right? But IRL things go off track, at least in federal court in Puerto Rico. @Tarheel_Lawprof explains. And yep, there's an Erie problem. tlblog.org/puerto-rico-law-7…
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17 Oct 2024
The Montreal Convention on airline liability tried to solve the "wandering American problem." @maggiekgardner explains how US personal jurisdiction law may get in the way.
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16 Oct 2024
Conventional wisdom says the CISG precludes application of the parol evidence rule. @ProfBillDodge questions that assumption:
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15 Oct 2024
Cases about Gaza have been filed not just at the ICJ but also in domestic courts. @WuerthIngrid has the details. tlblog.org/u-s-and-foreign-l…
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10 Oct 2024
Congress largely immunized website providers via Sec. 230, but it also tried to protect victims of child sex trafficking thru extraterritorial reach of the TVPRA. @ProfBillDodge on how to hold foreign websites accountable for child pornography in the US:
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