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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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Transnational Litigation Blog

April 13, 2022/in News/by John Coyle

A new

Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2021: Thirty-Fifth Annual Survey

February 1, 2022/in News/by John Coyle

The 35th Annual Survey of Choice of Law in the American Courts (2021) has been

Forum Selection Clauses, Afghanistan, and the United States

October 28, 2021/1 Comment/in Views/by John Coyle

One Afghanistan-based company sues another in commercial court in Afghanistan. The plaintiff wins at trial. The Afghanistan Supreme Court reverses. It orders the parties to resolve their dispute in the United States. The plaintiff files suit in the United States. Chaos ensues. This may sound like an unlikely scenario. It is, however, a concise description […]

Forum Selection Clauses and Cruise Ship Contracts

August 23, 2021/6 Comments/in Views/by John Coyle

On August 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its latest

How Litigation Imports Foreign Regulation

April 21, 2021/in Views/by John Coyle

Guest Post by Diego A. Zambrano, Assistant Professor of Law, Stanford Law School For years now, the concept of a “

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