The legal concept of “conflicts of laws” is difficult, to say the least, confounding even seasoned litigators and judges, with bulky treatises and entire law school classes devoted to the subject.

Many contracts include a choice-of-law provision in which the parties agree to use a particular jurisdiction’s set of laws to govern the contract. These provisions promote predictability. No matter ...

This article will focus on conflicts of laws stemming from the EU Blocking Statute and U.S. antiboycott law, both of which are intended to prevent parties from complying with a disfavored sanctions ...

The misuse of your tax money in two prominent scandals has South Dakota’s Attorney General calling for tougher conflict of interest laws. He also wants to protect whistle-blowers who report corruption ...

Going beyond the traditional conflict of interest analysis that occurs at the beginning of a new representation or matter, there are other conflicts-related issues that can arise for lawyers and ...

The University of Chicago Law Review is a quarterly journal of legal scholarship. Often cited in Supreme Court and other court opinions, as well as in other scholarly works, it is among the most ...

The Rules of Professional Conduct should provide the necessary clarity in guiding attorneys in matters of full and fair disclosure and representation of the doctor in a medical malpractice matter.

Townsend Fire Chief Gary Shepherd and water department superintendent David Vigeant were cited for violations of state ...

DECD officials also said they never alerted the Office of State Ethics, which could have investigated the matter further.

This course is available on the BA in Anthropology and Law, Erasmus Reciprocal Programme of Study, Exchange Programme for Students from University of California, Berkeley and LLB in Laws. This course ...

Fire Chief Gary Shepherd is being accused by the State Ethics Commission of violating conflict of interest law by entering ...