Transnational Litigation Blog

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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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:
https://t.co/Brf6sl3UO7

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When can a court enjoin enforcement of a foreign judgment? Hannah Buxbaum discusses her new paper with @MichaelsRalf
https://t.co/JZHMZAAhLs

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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.
https://t.co/eQ9U55Eey9

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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: 🇰🇿:
https://t.co/zMT8bamagb

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@maggiekgardner complements a SDTex order for carefully parsing service reqs of Rule 4f & the Gauge Service Convention - and for understanding the stakes of getting it right:

https://t.co/o1pQA1lnTm

tl;dr: at least make an effort to respect 🇨🇦's preferences

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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:

https://t.co/p8DVgyt6WX

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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:

https://t.co/1qHLWbPapQ

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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
https://t.co/kw4tEh2K22

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X has a new forum selection clause! Guess what fora it selects? @Tarheel_Lawprof has thoughts. https://t.co/78UbHsPIbt

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🧵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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More on Halkbank! Who speaks for the Executive on foreign sovereign immunity?

https://t.co/gOGuPnIgrr

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🇨🇺 Big Helms-Burton decision from the 11th Circuit!

https://t.co/rvJvmmwoMG

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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: https://t.co/S3Ng30NEPC

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Big news from the Second Circuit! The court follows up on #SCOTUS's decision in Halkbank.

https://t.co/UplW6L1Iqh

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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.
https://t.co/X8KCTsexVT

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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!

https://t.co/fpw2sVXBFJ

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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. https://t.co/3b6DA0EGMl

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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.
https://t.co/28jUVSo50Q

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Conventional wisdom says the CISG precludes application of the parol evidence rule. @ProfBillDodge questions that assumption:
https://t.co/Vc59w2ODrb

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Cases about Gaza have been filed not just at the ICJ but also in domestic courts. @WuerthIngrid has the details. https://t.co/1xZL1eiUJA