Transnational litigation is litigation involving persons, events, or transactions with a connection to more than one country. In the United States, transnational litigation may occur in state or federal court. The term encompasses ordinary commercial disputes between parties in different nations, multi-jurisdictional patent wars, and claims based on international human rights law. Transnational litigation cases raise a host of unique issues relating to procedural rules, private contracts, federal statutes, state law, and international treaties.
Using TLB to Teach Transnational Litigation (2026 update)
One of TLB’s goals is to compile a set of educational resources for students and teachers. For the past couple of weeks we’ve been publishing updated guides on using TLB to teach different classes (all of which are available at our Teaching Resources page). This post focuses on, well, everything! It describes how teachers of…
Continue ReadingThird Conflict of Laws Annual Workshop
The Third Conflict of Laws Annual Workshop (CLAW3) will be hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on Friday, November 13, 2026, 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 of conflict…
Continue ReadingD.C. Circuit Adopts Twelve-Year Statute of Limitations for Enforcing ICSID Awards
Last week, the D.C. Circuit held in Titan Consortium 1 v. Argentine Republic that suits brought in the District of Columbia to enforce arbitral awards issued by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) are subject to a twelve-year statute of limitations. Both the rule and reasoning in Titan Consortium underscore the…
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