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A Comparative Look At The New Hague Principles on Choice of Law & the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws: First Post
As promised, here is the first post in what I hope will be a short series of posts comparing the new Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts and the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws. I had a pleasant surprise after noting the publication of the Principles last month: Marta Pertegás,……
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Hague Conference Developments
Readers, I’d like to bring you up to date on two developments from the Hague Conference. First, the European Union has finally approved the Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. This had been expected since late last year. Because Mexico has already acceded to the Convention, the Convention will come into force between the EU……
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Hague Service and Evidence Conventions: The US Central Authority’s Unusual Interpretation
A reader wrote in with the following case. He (a Mexican lawyer) asked PFI, the contractor that carries out the day-to-day work of the Department of Justice in its capacity as central authority for the United States under the Hague Service Convention, to serve a summons on a Mexican national in the United States. The……
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Save the Date: The Hague Service Convention at 50
I’m putting this back on the front page to remind you to RSVP for this interesting event! Readers, I’m very excited about an event that I’m organizing in Washington for February 19, 2015, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the conclusion of the Hague Service Convention. Save the date! I hope you will be able……
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Letters Blogatory Meetup In The Hague
Thank you to those readers who emailed to let me know that they will be in the Hague during the Special Commission Meeting next month! Since there seems to be a critical mass, I would like to propose the first ever Letters Blogatory European meet-up. According to the draft agenda for the meeting, there is……