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Justices order vigorous enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in maritime insurance contracts

SCOTUSBlog

The argument revealed a bench deeply skeptical of the uncertainty maritime insurance contracts would face under a lower-court decision limiting the enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in those contracts. The contract, like most American marine insurance contracts, called for the application of New York law.

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Territorial Jurisdiction for Breach of Contract in Nigeria or whatever

Conflict of Laws

In Maska the 1st claimant/respondent instituted an action for summary judgment against the defendant/appellant and the 2nd respondent at the High Court of Katsina State for breach of contract. On this basis the defendant/appellant argued that the court of Yobe State had exclusive jurisdiction.

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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

To purchase those rights, they entered into contracts with Flowers that require any disputes to be arbitrated under the FAA. Pursuant to the FAA, arbitration agreements are “valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.”

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Guest post by Prof. Holbrook: Extraterritoriality and Patent Damages Under § 271(a)

Patently O

In answering that question, the Supreme Court applied its recently minted, two-step methodology for assessing the extraterritorial reach of U.S. statutes generally. European Community , step one requires a court to decide whether the presumption against extraterritoriality has been rebutted by a clear indication from Congress.

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Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question

SCOTUSBlog

Today, the regional ANCs in particular are among the most important companies in Alaska, with billions in revenue from energy development, tourism and government contracting. The meaning of these distinctions is at the core of the current litigation over the 2020 CARES Act.

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Out now: Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (ZVglRWiss) 120 (2021) No. 4

Conflict of Laws

The law of 1989 introduces two innovations which are worth emphasizing: the application of foreign law ex officio and the principle of party autonomy for international contracts. courts for use in foreign proceedings. Christoph Wendelstein: Eigenes und Fremdes im Kollisionsrecht. The first issue U.S.

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The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

Conflict of Laws

If that is so, as is indeed it is, how much less can parties by their private acts remove the jurisdiction properly and legally vested in our Courts ? Our courts should be in charge of their own proceedings. Sixth, Nigeria should consider ratifying the Hague Choice of Court Convention , 2005.

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