US courts have become significantly more hostile towards transnational litigation over the past two decades. Scholars such as Pam Bookman and Maggie Gardner have argued that a series of Supreme Court decisions – relating to the law of personal jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, international comity abstention, the presumption against extraterritoriality, and service of process, among others – have made it increasingly difficult for lawsuits with ‘foreign’ elements to be brought in the United States. While this is all true, there is a noteworthy exception to the general trend … (more)
[John F Coyle, Transnational Litigation Blog, 13 October 2022]
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