John Coyle
University of North Carolina School of Law
John F. Coyle is the Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law. He is a past chair of the AALS Section on Conflict of Laws and is currently an Adviser for the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Third) of Conflict of Laws. His articles on choice-of-law clauses, forum selection clauses, cross-border dispute resolution, and international commercial contracts have appeared in journals such as the Notre Dame Law Review, the William & Mary Law Review, the North Carolina Law Review, and the Iowa Law Review. Before entering the academy, he worked as a transactional attorney at Covington & Burling LLP.
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Continue ReadingAll I Want for Christmas (Forum Selection Clause Edition)
As the holidays approach, TLB editors have prepared lists of things that they wish courts in the United States would do differently on the subject of transnational litigation. In this post, I revisit one of my favorite subjects—forum selection clauses—to identify some reforms that would make my Christmas exceptionally merry. 1. Stop Asserting Personal Jurisdiction…
Continue ReadingSisyphus and Forum Selection Clauses
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was fated to push a boulder up an endless hill for all eternity. No matter how long he pushed, he and the boulder would never reach the top. I sometimes feel this way when I write about forum selection clauses. I research and blog about these provisions (a lot). I make…
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