Conflict of Laws of Freedom of Speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter
Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter has been a divisive event. Commenting on the response on Twitter and elsewhere,
About Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas is Senior Lecturer at UWA Law School and a litigation lawyer at a firm in Perth, Western Australia. He is co-author of the 10th edition of Nygh's Conflict of Laws in Australia.
Entries by Michael Douglas
Epic’s Fight to #freefortnite: Challenging Exclusive Foreign Choice of Court Agreements under Australian Law
/1 Comment/in Views/by Michael DouglasBy Sarah McKibbin, University of Southern Queensland Epic Games, the developer of the highly popular and lucrative online video game Fortnite, recently won an appeal against tech juggernaut, Apple, in Australia’s Federal Court.
Australian webinar on UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures 2001
/2 Comments/in News/by Michael DouglasElectronic commerce: past, present and future The UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for Australia (UNCCA) invites you to attend its Seventh Annual May Seminar, to be held online as a webinar. This year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce 1996, and the 20th Anniversary of the UNCITRAL Model Law […]
Facebook’s further attempts to resist the jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Australia futile
/in Views/by Michael DouglasEarlier in the year,
Justice Andrew Bell opines on arbitration and choice of court agreements
/in Views/by Michael DouglasBy Michael Douglas and Mhairi Stewart Andrew Bell is a leader of private international law in Australia. His scholarly work includes Forum Shopping and Venue in Transnational Litigation (Oxford Private International Law Series, 2003) and several editions of Nygh’s Conflict of Laws in Australia (see LexisNexis, 10th ed, 2019). As a leading silk, he was […]
Choice of Australian Aboriginal Customary Law
/in Views/by Michael DouglasThe relationship between the conflict of laws and constitutional law is close in many legal systems, and Australia is no exception. Leading Australian conflict of laws cases, including, for example,
Australia’s first contested ICSID enforcement
/in News/by Michael DouglasIn February, the Federal Court of Australia delivered its judgment on the first contested enforcement of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) awards in Australia.