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Oh Nikita! You’ll Never Know.
My pal, Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice, a denizen of free social media perks from Klout, doesn’t much care for guest blogging spam. Recently, I had the following exchange of twits with Scott (yes,...
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American Politics: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Edition
If you thought that mud-slinging and partisan electioneering in the current American Presidential election was cut-throat, you might raise an eye brow or two over the recent events involving the...
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Riccardo Pavoni, “The American Anomaly: On the ICJ’s Misuse of United States...
Riccardo Pavoni (University of Siena – Faculty of Law) has posted “The American Anomaly: On the ICJ’s Misuse of United States Practice in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State”, Italian Yearbook of...
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The Gloaming of International Human Rights in Canada?
I prevously blogged about Bill C-10 (short title: Safe Streets and Communities Act), an omnibus criminal law statute, which received Royal Assent on March 13, 2012 —which includes the “Justice for...
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Laura E. Little, “Internet Defamation, Freedom of Expression, and the Lessons...
Laura E. Little (Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law) has published “Internet Defamation, Freedom of Expression, and the Lessons of Private International Law for the United States”,...
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Matthew J. Wilson, “Improving the Process: Transnational Litigation and the...
Matthew J. Wilson (University of Wyoming – College of Law) has posted “Improving the Process: Transnational Litigation and the Application of Private Foreign Law in U.S. Courts”, New York University...
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Steen v. Islamic Republic of Iran (Ont. C.A.): A Silver Lining in the State...
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has again reinforced state immunity for torture and human rights abuses in Steen v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2013 ONCA 30 (Ont. C.A.), aff’g 2011 ONSC 6464 (CanLII...
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Two New Scholarly Papers on the CISG
The following scholarly papers on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) may be of interest. The first article is by Jan M. Smits (Maastricht University...
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Marko Milanovic, “Domestic Court Decisions as Sources of International Law...
Marko Milanovic (University of Nottingham School of Law) has posted “Domestic Court Decisions as Sources of International Law and Their Effects on the International Plane”. The abstract reads: This was...
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Catherine R. Gellis, “2012 State of the Law Regarding Internet Intermediary...
Catherine R. Gellis (Digital Age Defense) has published “2012 State of the Law Regarding Internet Intermediary Liability for User-Generated Content“, Business Lawyer, Vol. 68, No. 1, 2012 which...
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PCA Tribunal ‘Benchslaps’ Ecuador in Ongoing Chevron-Lago Agrio Dispute
An interesting development in the Lago Agrio/Chevron litigation battle , which was the subject of my Guest Post: Comments on the Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Enforcement Action in Canada at Ted Folkman’s...
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Alexander Tsesis on “Inflammatory Speech: Offense versus Incitement”
Alexander Tsesis (Loyola University Chicago School of Law) has posted ”Inflammatory Speech: Offense versus Incitement”, Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 97, 2013/Loyola University Chicago School of Law...
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SCOTUS rejects extraterritorial application of ATS in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch...
The U.S. Supreme Court today released a significant decision on personal jurisdiction in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (No. 10–1491, slip opinion: link). (backgrounder here and here). The Court...
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Howard M. Erichson, “The Chevron-Ecuador Dispute, Forum Non Conveniens, and...
Howard M. Erichson (Fordham University School of Law) has posted “The Chevron-Ecuador Dispute, Forum Non Conveniens, and the Problem of Ex Ante Inadequacy”, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper...
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Ted Folkman on “Two Modes of Comity”
Ted Folkman (Murphy & King, P.C., author of Letters Blogatory) has posted “Two Modes of Comity”, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, p. 101, 2013. Here’s the abstract: Some...
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Privacy, Shmrivacy
For those who slept in or don’t have internet access: You may have missed the media fire-storm surrounding Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former NSA contractor, most recently employed by Booz Allen...
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“Feeling Minnesota (But Looking Ontario)”
The recent Ontario decision in Amtim Capital Inc. v. Appliance Recycling Centers of America, 2013 ONSC 4867 (Ont. S.C.J.) [“Amtim Capital”] highlights the limits of judicial comity in international...
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Manuel A. Gomez, “The Global Chase: Seeking the Recognition and Enforcement...
Manuel A. Gomez (Florida International University (FIU) – College of Law) has posted “The Global Chase: Seeking the Recognition and Enforcement of the Lago Agrio Judgment Outside of Ecuador”, Stanford...
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Yaniv Roznai, “Revolutionary Lawyering? On Lawyers’ Social Responsibilities...
Yaniv Roznai (Ph.D. Candidate, London School of Economics – Law Department) has posted “Revolutionary Lawyering? On Lawyers’ Social Responsibilities and Roles during a Democratic Revolution”, Southern...
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Ontario Court Assumes Jurisdiction Over Foreign Issuer in Securities Class...
In Kaynes v. BP, 2013 ONSC 5802 (CanLII), (“Kaynes“), Mr. Kaynes, the plaintiff, commenced a proposed class action against BP, the well-known multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in the...
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