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Just released: HCCH Documentary on the Adoption of the 2019 HCCH Judgments Convention.

September 10, 2019/in Views/by Thomas John

The HCCH just released a short documentary on the adoption of the 2019 HCCH Judgments Convention. Shot during the 22nd Diplomatic Session of the HCCH, which took place in June / July 2019, this documentary gives unprecedented insights into the finalisation of the negotiations of this game changing treaty. Follow the delegates during the negotiations […]

A Short History of the Choice-of-Law Clause

September 9, 2019/in Views/by Pamela Bookman

Written by John Coyle, the Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law, Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law The choice-of-law clause is now omnipresent. A recent

The long tentacles of the Helms-Burton Act in Europe

September 6, 2019/in Views/by Xandra Kramer

By Nicolás Zambrana-Tévar LLM(LSE), PhD(Navarra), KIMEP University On 2 September, the First Instance Court number 24 of Palma de Mallorca (Spain) issued an auto (interlocutory decision) staying proceedings commenced against Meliá Hotels International S.A., one of the biggest Spanish hotel chains, on grounds of immunity from jurisdiction, act of state doctrine and lack of […]