The United States forum non conveniens doctrine refers to the discretionary power of the court to decline jurisdiction when the convenience of the parties would be better served if the action was brought and tried in another forum. It is a flexible doctrine in that the ultimate resolution will depend of the particular facts of each case. The two-pronged United States forum non conveniens analysis places the burden of proof on the defendant to show the "availability" and "adequacy" of an alternate forum, and that the balance of relevant private and public interest factors favors dismissal. Such an analysis applied to the facts as found by the court in the Cambior decision reveals both the availability and adequacy of Guyana as an alternate f...
When a plaintiff files a transnational suit in the United States, the defendant will often file a fo...
Part I of this Note will develop and summarize the historical backdrop of the doctrine of forum non ...
This Article explores the impact of the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Atlantic Marine Constru...
The United States forum non conveniens doctrine refers to the discretionary power of the court to de...
Forum non conveniens is not as ancient or monolithic as U.S. courts often assume. The doctrine, whic...
LL.M. (International Commercial law)The primary objective of this thesis is not to question or inves...
When citizens of Ecuador sued Texaco, Inc. in a U.S. court seeking damages for oil contamination in ...
(Exceprt) When pursuing a case under Chapter 15 of Title 11 in the United States, Code (the “Bankrup...
When it comes to transnational litigation in the federal courts, it is time to retire the doctrine o...
To prevent plaintiffs from harassing the defendant or engaging in forum-shopping, the common law doc...
When citizens of Ecuador sued Texaco, Inc. in a U.S. court seeking damages for oil contamination in ...
The doctrine of forum non conveniens is best understood as a means to “promote the ends of justice.”...
The Washington Supreme Court in the recent case of Lansverk v. Studebaker-Packard Corp. held the doc...
Numerous substantive and procedural advantages make the U.S. court system a uniquely attractive foru...
Court-access doctrine in transnational litigation is plagued by uncertainty. Without a national cour...
When a plaintiff files a transnational suit in the United States, the defendant will often file a fo...
Part I of this Note will develop and summarize the historical backdrop of the doctrine of forum non ...
This Article explores the impact of the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Atlantic Marine Constru...
The United States forum non conveniens doctrine refers to the discretionary power of the court to de...
Forum non conveniens is not as ancient or monolithic as U.S. courts often assume. The doctrine, whic...
LL.M. (International Commercial law)The primary objective of this thesis is not to question or inves...
When citizens of Ecuador sued Texaco, Inc. in a U.S. court seeking damages for oil contamination in ...
(Exceprt) When pursuing a case under Chapter 15 of Title 11 in the United States, Code (the “Bankrup...
When it comes to transnational litigation in the federal courts, it is time to retire the doctrine o...
To prevent plaintiffs from harassing the defendant or engaging in forum-shopping, the common law doc...
When citizens of Ecuador sued Texaco, Inc. in a U.S. court seeking damages for oil contamination in ...
The doctrine of forum non conveniens is best understood as a means to “promote the ends of justice.”...
The Washington Supreme Court in the recent case of Lansverk v. Studebaker-Packard Corp. held the doc...
Numerous substantive and procedural advantages make the U.S. court system a uniquely attractive foru...
Court-access doctrine in transnational litigation is plagued by uncertainty. Without a national cour...
When a plaintiff files a transnational suit in the United States, the defendant will often file a fo...
Part I of this Note will develop and summarize the historical backdrop of the doctrine of forum non ...
This Article explores the impact of the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Atlantic Marine Constru...