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Ron Brand on “The Hague Judgments Convention in the United States”

December 16, 2020 in /by

In an article available here and forthcoming in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Professor Ronald A. Brand discusses the purposeful structure of the Hague Judgments Convention and how that structure can aid the implementation and operation of the Convention in countries with existing liberal and non-discriminatory approaches to judgments recognition—like the United States. In […]

R. Brand on Provisional Measures in Aid of Arbitration

October 19, 2020 in /by

The success of the New York Convention has made arbitration a preferred means of dispute resolution for international commercial transactions. Success in arbitration often depends on the extent to which a party may, in advance, ensure that assets or evidence is secured in advance, or that the other party is required to take steps to […]

Monasky v. Taglieri, a Guest Post by Melissa Kucinski

February 26, 2020 in /by

On February 25, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which concluded that Italy was the habitual residence of an infant that was brought from Italy to Ohio by her mother in 2015, shortly after the child was born. This opinion resolved a circuit […]

Comparative Method and International Litigation, by Ronald A. Brand

February 19, 2020 in /by

Professor Ron Brand has just published a new article in the Journal of Dispute Resolution that arose from his presentation at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law. In it, he applies comparative method to international litigation from the perspective of a U.S.-trained lawyer, and particularly one who has been involved […]

33rd Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases

January 5, 2020 in /by

The Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases for 2019, now in its 33rd year, has been posted on SSRN. A summary of the contents is reproduced below. If you are interested in the Survey, you can download it here Here is the abstract: This is the Thirty-Third Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases. It was written […]

New Articles on Private International Law From Professor Ronald Brand

January 2, 2020 in /by

Professor Ronald A. Brand of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law has posted three new articles with private international law content: Online Dispute Resolution This chapter was prepared from a presentation given by the author at the 2019 Summer School in Transnational Commercial Law & Technology, jointly sponsored by the University of Verona School […]

ASIL’s 2018-2019 U.S. Supreme Court “International Law” Year in Review

September 3, 2019 in /by

American Society of International Law’s Dispute Resolution Interest Group will be presenting its 2018-2019 U.S. Supreme Court “International Law” Year in Review. This panel discussion will review decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018-2019 term involving issues relating to international law and/or international relations. The discussion will include an in-depth look at the reasoning behind […]

Colloquium on “Actors in International Investment Law: Beyond Claimants, Respondents and Arbitrators” (Paris, 26-27 September 2019)

June 21, 2019 in /by

The University Paris II Panthéon-Assas is hosting, in the context of the Investment Law Initiative, a Colloquium on Actors in International Investment Law: Beyond Claimants, Respondents and Arbitrators, which will take place on 26 and 27 September 2019, in Paris, France. The Colloquium is jointly organized by the CERSA, research centre of the French National […]

Summer School In Transnational Commercial Law & Technology (Verona, May 30-June 1, 2019)

May 20, 2019 in /by

PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Prof. Marco Torsello VENUE: University of Verona, School of Law, Via C. Montanari 9, Verona (VR), Italy INSTRUCTORS: Ronald A. Brand (University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) Tim W. Dornis (Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany) Nevena Jevremovic (IACCM – International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, Bosnia-Herzegovina) Tyler Ochoa (Santa Clara […]