In 1992, Robert Romano entered into a franchise agreement with Aamco Transmissions,
Inc.(AAMCO). 1 Romano was a resident of Florida. AAMCO was a Pennsylvania corporation …

Forum non conveniens is not as ancient or monolithic as US courts often assume. The
doctrine, which permits judges to decline to hear cases they believe would more …

In the mid-nineteenth century, an unknown lawyer at an obscure Massachusetts insurance
company had an idea with the potential to reshape the practice of litigation in the United …

In the United States, there are two kinds of courts: federal and state. Civil procedure classes
and scholarship largely focus on federal courts but refer to and make certain assumptions …

This is the Thirty-Fifth Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases. It was written at the
request of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws, 1 and is …

This is the Thirty-Sixth Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases. It was written at the
request of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws, 1 and is …

On January 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump addressed a rally on the Capitol Mall and
called again on his supporters to challenge Congress's certification of Joe Biden as …

Our litigation system is broken. Scholars have long warned that professional litigants, such
as debt-collecting firms, insurance companies, and commercial landlords, enjoy immense …

It is not hard to state goals that a legal system should seek when deciding where civil actions
may be brought. The rules should promote the convenience of parties and others. They …

As Professor Allison Dussias has adroitly noted:" everywhere [one] has been, one consents
to criminal jurisdiction by presence in the jurisdiction, and anyone who does not know this …