Which (if any) legal system for Facebook?

guest bookI am delighted to introduce a guest post today by Johann Morri, a judge at the Administrative Court of Versailles, in France. He studied law both in France and in the United States, where he was a law clerk for a Federal Judge in the District of North California for several months. He also served at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance & Industry, where he led the international law office within the Department for Legal Affairs.

In the article below, Judge Morri has written a summary (with the author’s permission) of a 37-page article, Facebookistan¹, by Professeur Anupam Chander.  I’m sure you will very much enjoy it, and we look forward to your comments!

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Guest post – Unilateral jurisdiction clauses may not always be effective

guest bookI am absolutely delighted to present a guest post that I’m sure will be both of interest and of great informative value to readers of this blog – partly because the place of dispute resolution may lead to or affect translations of documents in the case. A warm welcome to the joint authors – Anna Pertoldi (Partner) and Maura McIntosh (Professional support consultant), from Herbert Smith Freehills – currently the world’s eighth largest law firm by number of lawyers.

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