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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: tlblog.org/dubai-court-we…


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. tlblog.org/doj-argues-aga…


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: 🇰🇿: tlblog.org/comity-and-kle…


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: tlblog.org/prenuptial-agr…


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: tlblog.org/what-deference…


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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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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/…


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. tlblog.org/israeli-data-p…


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! tlblog.org/constitutional…


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-la…


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. tlblog.org/personal-juris…


Conventional wisdom says the CISG precludes application of the parol evidence rule. @ProfBillDodge questions that assumption: tlblog.org/parol-evidence…


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: tlblog.org/applying-the-t…


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