Entries by Mayela Celis

Webinars on the International Commission on Civil Status Base of International Cooperation in the Field of Civil Status – 1, 8 and 15 June 2021 at 9 am (Brasilia time)

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The Latin American Section of the Société de législation comparée, together with the Institute of Public Law of Brasilia, is organizing a series of webinars on the International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS, in French Commission internationale de l’état civil (CIEC)). The webinars will take place on 1, 8 and 15 June 2021 at 9 […]

AMEDIP: Webinar on the 25th Anniversary of the Mexican Journal of Private International Law – 27 May 2021 at 1 pm (Mexico City time), 8 pm (CEST time) – in Spanish

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The Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law (AMEDIP) is holding a webinar on 27 May 2021 at 1 pm (Mexico City time – CDT), 8 pm (CEST time). The topic of the webinar is the 25th anniversary of the Mexican Journal of Private International Law, a contribution to the national doctrine (in Spanish). Among the speakers […]

AMEDIP: Webinar by Professor Carlos Echegaray de Maussion on International Judicial Co-operation in Times of Pandemic – 13 May 2021 at 5 pm (Mexico City time – CDT) – in Spanish

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The Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law (AMEDIP) is holding a webinar on 13 May 2021 at 5:00 pm (Mexico City time – CDT), 12:00 am (CEST time). The topic of the webinar is International Judicial Co-operation in Times of Pandemic and will be presented by Professor Carlos Echegaray de Maussion (in Spanish). […]

AMEDIP: Webinar by Professor Aline Beltrame de Moura on the Choice of the Law Applicable to International Contracts in the Brazilian Legal System – 15 April 2021 at 5 pm (Mexico time – CDT), 7 pm (BRT time), 12:00 am (CET time) – in Spanish

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The Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law (AMEDIP) is holding a webinar on 15 April 2021 at 5:00 pm (Mexico City time – CDT), 7 pm (BRT time), 12:00 am (CET time). The topic of the webinar is the Choice of the Law Applicable to International Contracts in the Brazilian Legal System and […]

The HCCH Child Abduction Convention and the grave risk exception: A petition for a writ of certiorari is pending before the US Supreme Court – Golan v. Saada

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A petition for a writ of certiorari has been filed before the US Supreme Court in a case concerning the HCCH Child Abduction Convention and the grave risk exception (art. 13(1)(b)). The issue at stake is: Whether, upon finding that there is a grave risk that a return would expose a child to physical or […]

Just released: Opinion of the US Supreme Court regarding the consolidated Ford Motor cases – A victory for consumers in two defective-product cases

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Written by Mayela Celis On 25 March 2021, the US Supreme Court rendered its opinion on the consolidated Ford Motor cases, which deals with personal jurisdiction (in particular, specific jurisdiction) over Ford Motor Company. These cases deal with a malfunctioning 1996 Ford Explorer and a defective 1994 Crown Victoria vehicles, which caused the death of […]