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.
Greenpeace Anti-SLAPP Suit Blocked by International Antisuit Injunction
In 2019, Energy Transfer, the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline, sued Greenpeace International, a Dutch foundation, in North Dakota state court. Last year, Greenpeace responded with an anti-SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) lawsuit against Energy Transfer in Dutch court. In the latest twist in this lengthy dispute, the North Dakota Supreme Court issued…
Continue ReadingIs the Closely Related Doctrine a Creature of State or Federal Law?
The closely related doctrine, discussed here and here and here, posits that a non-signatory to a contract may be bound by a forum selection clause in that contract if the non-signatory is so “closely related” to a signatory that it was “foreseeable” that it would be bound. Robin Effron and I have argued that using…
Continue ReadingThe Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act
In June 2020, Russia enacted the so-called Lugovoy Law, Article 248.1 of the Russian Arbitrazh Procedural Code, which allows Russian courts to assume exclusive jurisdiction over sanctioned persons, ignoring contractual choice-of-court and arbitration clauses. Article 248.2 authorizes anti-suit and anti-arbitration injunctions by Russian courts to enforce that exclusive jurisdiction. Article 248 has been invoked repeatedly in…
Continue Reading