Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 292: Listen and Learn -- The Erie Doctrine (Civ Pro)
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International comity has long sat at the center of U.S. foreign relations law, governing how U.S. courts approach conflicting foreign laws, foreign judgments, and abstention. However, evaluation of international comity...more
Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, No. 20-1566: Whether a federal court hearing state law claims brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act must apply the forum state’s choice-of-law rules to...more
A California state court dismissed a putative securities fraud class action against Uber, as well as certain individuals and underwriters, on the grounds of inconvenient forum, holding that the federal forum selection...more
Federal common law governs federal question case privilege issues. Federal courts sitting in diversity should look to their host jurisdiction’s choice of law rules when deciding which state’s privilege law applies. But what...more
A federal court in Alabama denied an urgent care franchisee’s motion to dismiss a suit brought by its franchisor. The franchisee argued the franchise agreement required suits to be brought within a one-year period. But the...more