Nigerian Judgment Satisfies Arizona’s Reciprocity Requirement
On July 10, 2025, in Ejeh v. Ali, the Arizona Court of Appeals recognized a Nigerian judgment, finding that Nigeria’s foreign judgments law satisfied Arizona’s reciprocity requirement. Reciprocity requirements are rare in state laws governing foreign judgments—Arizona is one of just five states to have such a requirement. The decision thus affords an opportunity to…
Continue ReadingA New CISG Decision from Arizona
Many U.S. lawyers are unaware that the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods – or CISG – might apply to the contracts they negotiate on behalf of their clients. A recent federal district court decision from Arizona, Kümpers Composites GmbH v. TPI Composites (Judge Susan M. Brnovich), provides a nice occasion…
Continue ReadingParsing Invalidating Statutes (Part II)
In a prior post, I argued that the precise language used in state statutes purporting to invalidate choice-of-law clauses and forum selection clauses can have outsized effects in litigation. In this post, I continue this discussion by highlighting several statutes that purport to invalidate choice-of-law clauses in insurance contracts. Although these statutes all have the…
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