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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

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1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia. Chapter Two of this work proceeds to discuss choice of law in international commercial contracts in a global context.

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Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) No 4/2023: Abstracts

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We then looked at the nature of the healthcare contract to assess whether patients can fall into the category of consumers and consequently enjoy the protection reserved to them. Climate Change Litigation and EU Private International Law: Is There Room for Collective Redress?;

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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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However, no substantial revisions were made to the provisions concerning foreign-related civil litigation. The new law widens the category of disputes previously covered from “contractual disputes or other property rights disputes” to “litigation other than disputes involving personal relationships” (Art. Jurisdiction 2.1 276, para.

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A Major Amendment to Provisions on Foreign-Related Civil Procedures Is Planned in China

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Special jurisdiction: Present special jurisdiction rules apply to “disputes concerning contract or other property rights or interests”. Jurisdiction over consumer contracts: The proposal inserts protective jurisdiction rule for consumer contracts (Art. Jurisdiction over cyber torts: With regard to cyber torts, Art.

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Third Issue of 2020’s Journal of Private International Law

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It argues that a tort lawsuit brought by foreign victims of climate change against local greenhouse gas emitters could overcome jurisdictional obstacles, notably the local action rule, and proceed in Canada. It is thought to be a significant jurisdictional obstacle in transboundary environmental disputes involving foreign land.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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The Benefits of Boutique Law Firms

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Litigation : This may include a range of both civil and criminal litigation cases, such as personal injury tort claims, divorce and family law cases, contract disputes, and so on. . Below are some of the main differences between biglaw and boutique law firms. Legal Services .