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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in commercial arbitral tribunals case

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a case concerning federal district courts’ authority to apply a particular statute to private commercial arbitral tribunals. Whereas Luxshare argued that the term was to be construed more broadly, encompassing essentially anybody governed by a foreign jurisdiction and its laws. Luxshare, Ltd. , In August 2017, Luxshare, Ltd.

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The Characterization and Applicable Law of Cultural Objects in Conflicts of Laws: Is a Mummy a Person or a Property?

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by Zhen Chen, PhD researcher in the Department of Private International Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (ORCID ID: [link] ) [1]. The Chinese court classified the statue as a cultural property and applied the choice of law over movable properties provided in Article 37 of Chinese Private International Law ( lex rei sitae).

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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

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—What Role has Private International Law Played? By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. Choice of Law Issue: Lex Rei Sitae = Lex Furti ? Email: zhengxinh@cupl.edu.cn.

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Judge rules MLB owes minor leagues compensation for unpaid wages

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The Northern District Court of California Tuesday ruled that Major League Baseball (MLB) violated Arizona and Florida state minimum wage laws when not paying minor leaguers during spring training, instructional leagues, or extended spring training. Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C.

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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

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It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. In his paper on “Compensation, Punishment, and the Idea of Private Law”, Lukas Rademacher (University of Kiel) explained the idea of punitive damages and its compatibility with German private law.

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Out now: the Swiss IPRG in English

Conflict of Laws

Information and text provided by Niklaus Meier, co-head of the Private International Law Unit at the Swiss Federal Office of Justice. The Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law (FAPIL), adopted in 1987, has had – and still has – a huge influence throughout the world. To give just one example: Article 4.4

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Legalities of Third-Party Funding in India: The Road Ahead

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In understanding TPF in Indian laws, it is desirable to understand common law doctrines of Maintenance and Champerty. Historically, above English law, doctrines were considered an offence and were illegal predominantly in many common law jurisdictions. Indian Arbitration law does not contain any provision related to TPF.

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