Robin Effron

The Jurisdictional Battle Over Which Court Will Adjudicate the Trump Tariff Challenges

Last week, two courts enjoined the Trump administration tariffs that Trump purported to promulgate by executive order pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In a May 28 ruling in V.O.S. Selections Inc. v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a permanent injunction against the government defendants, and in a May…

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Fuld Preview: AALS Panel on Mallory and More

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Fuld v. Palestinian Liberation Organization. TLB’s prior coverage of Fuld can be found here. Among the key issues in Fuld is whether the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act’s scheme for consent-based personal jurisdiction is constitutional. In 2023, the Supreme Court decided…

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The Controversy over Non-Signatories to Forum Selection Clauses Goes Meta

Since the mid-1970s, forum selection clauses have become an increasingly pervasive feature of the contracting and litigation landscape. While scholars still debate whether and when certain parties to boilerplate contracts (such as consumers, employees, or other parties with limited bargaining power) should be bound to such clauses, a separate controversy has emerged over the extent…

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Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk

Vanderbilt Law School
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William Dodge

George Washington University Law School
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Maggie Gardner

Cornell Law School
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John F. Coyle

University of North Carolina School of Law
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Hannah Buxbaum

UC Davis School of Law
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Rachel Brewster

Duke Law School
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Marketa Trimble

William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Anokhi Patel

Vanderbilt Law School
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Holden Bembry

Vanderbilt Law School
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Aaron D. Simowitz

Willamette University College of Law
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Wenliang Zhang

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Meng Yu

China University of Political Science and Law
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Alejandro Chehtman

Torcuato Di Tella Law School
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Andres de la Cruz

Universidad Torcuato di Tella
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Yingxin Angela Chen

Princeton University
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