Matt Slovin
Matt Slovin is an Ohio municipal attorney. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in 2014 and from Harvard Law School in 2019. Before becoming a lawyer, he was a sports reporter for The (Nashville) Tennessean.
SDNY Stays Action Based on International Comity
Lower federal courts have developed several forms of abstention based on international comity. Some courts have adopted a doctrine of prescriptive comity abstention to dismiss federal statutory claims when facing a “true conflict” with foreign law. Some have embraced doctrines of adjudicative comity abstention that permit dismissals or stays of federal proceedings in favor of…
Continue ReadingInternational Law in American Courts
In a new book, International Law in American Courts, slated for publication in Summer 2025, I address the status of international law in American courts under the Constitution and the power of those courts directly to apply rules of international law. Readers can find the full manuscript on SSRN here. In this post, I summarize…
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The Second Annual Conflict of Laws Workshop (CLAW) will be hosted by the University of Oklahoma College of Law in Norman, Oklahoma, on May 16, 2024 with a welcome dinner the night before. The CLAW aims to provide a forum to discuss new work in conflict of laws. The CLAW welcomes work on all aspects…
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