U.S. Supreme Court Decides Great Lakes
On February 21, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in
About John Coyle
John Coyle joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2010 and serves as the Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law. His teaching and research interests include contracts, corporate law, and private international law.
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SYMposium and Conflict of Laws Workshop
/in News/by John CoyleWillamette University College of Law and the Conflict of Laws Section of the Association of American Law Schools are hosting a SYMposium to celebrate Professor and Dean Emeritus Symeon Symeonides on May 8-9, 2024. Professor Symeonides will retire from the Willamette University College of Law faculty in 2025. The SYMposium will celebrate both him as […]
How to Criticize U.S. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Part II)
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How to Criticize U.S. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Part I)
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Financial Hardship and Forum Selection Clauses
/3 Comments/in Views/by John CoyleThe U.S. Supreme Court has long
China Adopts Restrictive Theory of Foreign State Immunity
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Cassirer on Remand: Considering the Laws of Other Interested States
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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision
/in Views/by John CoyleThis post is by Maggie Gardner, a professor of law at Cornell Law School. It is cross-posted at
Data on Choice-of-Court Clause Enforcement in US
/in Views/by John CoyleThe United States legal system is immensely complex. There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. When I imagine a foreign lawyer trying to explain this system to a foreign client, my heart fills with pity. This feeling of pity is compounded when I […]
China’s Draft Law on Foreign State Immunity—Part II
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