Maggie Gardner
Cornell Law School
Maggie Gardner (@maggiekgardner) is a Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. She has served as an Associate Managing Editor for AJIL Unbound, as a co-chair for the Junior International Law Scholars Association, and as a fellow in the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Before entering academia, she worked as a litigation associate at WilmerHale LLP and clerked for federal appellate and district court judges. Her articles on international litigation in U.S. courts have been published in such journals as the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Virginia Law Review, NYU Law Review, and Stanford Law Review.
The Extraterritorial Authority of U.S. States
There is one sentence in Fuld v. PLO (2025) that has always bothered me: that “The Constitution confers upon the Federal Government—and it alone—both nationwide and extraterritorial authority.” This statement is demonstrably wrong, so much so that I was easily convinced by colleagues that it did not need direct refutation. And yet that sentence has…
Continue ReadingEmail Service for Emergency Measures vs. Default Judgments
As we have repeatedly pointed out on TLB, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3) does not permit service by email on defendants in China whose mailing addresses are known because such service is not permitted by the Hague Service Convention. I have previously reported on Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV’s thoughtful analysis of this question…
Continue ReadingOral Argument Recap: Suncor v. Boulder
On Monday, the Supreme Court opened its new Term with oral arguments in Suncor v. County Commissioners of Boulder County (for background on the case, check out our preview post). Justice Alito did not participate as he has recused himself. Here are some takeaways as we await the Court’s decision. No One Is Buying the…
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