Entries by Trey Childress

Foreign Sovereign Immunity at the U.S. Supreme Court

Helmerich & Payne International v. Venezuela On Wednesday, November 2, 2016, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Helmerich & Payne International v. Venezuela.  The Court granted certiorari to resolve a circuit split regarding the proper pleading standard needed to allege an expropriation claim for purposes of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities […]

Conference Announcement

Conference “International Conflict of Laws and the Third Restatement” at Duke Law School Writing in 2000, Mathias Reimann criticized the Second Restatement of Conflict of Laws for being “largely blind to international concerns.” He argued that since international conflict-of-laws issues have become routine, the next Restatement of Conflict of Laws must be attentive to such […]

Private International Law Newsletter

From the Private International Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law: We are pleased to present the second issue of “Commentaries on Private International Law,” the newsletter of the American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Group. You may find it

Call for Papers

Call for Papers on Private International Law, Economics, and Development The Federalist Society’s Faculty Division is pleased to announce a Call for Papers on Private International Law, Economics, and Development.  Up to four submissions will be selected for inclusion in an upcoming Faculty Division colloquium on this topic.  Authors of the selected pieces will each […]