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Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2010: Twenty-Fourth Annual Survey

Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2010: Twenty-Fourth Annual Survey SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES* Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2010: Twenty-Fourt h Annual Surveyf TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 304 II. EXTRATERRITORIAL REACH OF FEDERAL LAWS 306 1. The Securities Exchange Act 306 2. The Lanham (Trademark) Act 311 3. RICO and Criminal Statutes 312 4. The Alien Tort Statute 316 5. Habeas Corpus 317 III. FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY 318 IV. CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON CHOICE OF LAW 320 1. Oklahoma Against Foreign and International Law 320 2. Foreign Affairs 323 3. Dormant Commerce Clause 324 V. CHOICE-OF-LAW METHODOLOGY 325 1. The Latest on California's Comparative Impairment 325 2. The Methodological Table 330 VI. PRODUCTS LIABILITY 330 VII. TORTS 337 1. Traffic Accidents 337 2. Punitive Damages 340 3. Medical Malpractice 342 4. Dramshop Liability 345 5. Workers' Compensation 346 6. Other Torts 349 VIII. CLASS ACTIONS 350 1. Supreme Court 350 2. Appellate Court Decisions 352 a. Consumer Class Actions 352 b. Mineral-Rights Class Actions 358 * Dean & Alex L. Park s Distinguished Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law; LL.B. (Priv. L.), LL.B. (Publ. L.), Aristotelian University of Thes- saloniki; LL.M., S.J.D., Harvard Law School. t DOI 10.5131/AJCL.2011.0001 303 30 4 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

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Oxford University Press
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© 2011 by The American Society of Comparative Law, Inc.
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0002-919X
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SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES* Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2010: Twenty-Fourt h Annual Surveyf TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 304 II. EXTRATERRITORIAL REACH OF FEDERAL LAWS 306 1. The Securities Exchange Act 306 2. The Lanham (Trademark) Act 311 3. RICO and Criminal Statutes 312 4. The Alien Tort Statute 316 5. Habeas Corpus 317 III. FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY 318 IV. CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON CHOICE OF LAW 320 1. Oklahoma Against Foreign and International Law 320 2. Foreign Affairs 323 3. Dormant Commerce Clause 324 V. CHOICE-OF-LAW METHODOLOGY 325 1. The Latest on California's Comparative Impairment 325 2. The Methodological Table 330 VI. PRODUCTS LIABILITY 330 VII. TORTS 337 1. Traffic Accidents 337 2. Punitive Damages 340 3. Medical Malpractice 342 4. Dramshop Liability 345 5. Workers' Compensation 346 6. Other Torts 349 VIII. CLASS ACTIONS 350 1. Supreme Court 350 2. Appellate Court Decisions 352 a. Consumer Class Actions 352 b. Mineral-Rights Class Actions 358 * Dean & Alex L. Park s Distinguished Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law; LL.B. (Priv. L.), LL.B. (Publ. L.), Aristotelian University of Thes- saloniki; LL.M., S.J.D., Harvard Law School. t DOI 10.5131/AJCL.2011.0001 303 30 4 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL

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American Journal of Comparative LawOxford University Press

Published: Apr 1, 2011

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