TY - JOUR AU - Simowitz, Aaron D AB - JOHN F. COYLE, WILLIAM S. DODGE & AARON D. SIMOWITZ* Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2022: Thirty- Sixth Annual Survey† IntroductIon ............................................................................................3 I. c hoIce of Lwa ...................................................................................3 A. Torts .........................................................................................3 1. Defamation ......................................................................3 2. Negligent Entrustment ...................................................4 3. Workers’ Compensation ..................................................5 4. Climate Change ...............................................................7 B. Contracts .................................................................................8 C. Other Subjects .......................................................................12 1. Family Law ....................................................................12 2. Estates ...........................................................................14 3. Statutes of Limitations .................................................15 D. Extraterritorial Application of State Statutes .....................19 II. Party a utonomy ............................................................................20 A. Choice of Law Clauses ..........................................................20 1. Enforceability ................................................................20 2. Substance vs. Procedure ...............................................22 B. Forum Selection Clauses .......................................................23 1. Waiver ............................................................................23 2. Forum Selection Bylaws ...............................................25 3. Public Policy ..................................................................27 III. f ederaL Lwa ..................................................................................28 A. Extraterritorial Application of Federal Law ........................28 1. Civil RICO .....................................................................29 2. Wire Fraud Statute .......................................................30 3. Commodity Exchange Act .............................................31 4. Sarbanes–Oxley Whistleblower Provision ...................32 * John F. Coyle, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, NC, USA; William S. Dodge, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law and John D. Ayer Chair in Business Law, University of California, Davis, School of Law, CA, USA; Aaron D. Simowitz, Associate Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law, TI - Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2022: Thirty-Sixth Annual Survey JF - The American Journal of Comparative Law DO - 10.1093/ajcl/avad032 DA - 2023-12-26 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/choice-of-law-in-the-american-courts-in-2022-thirty-sixth-annual-CqxRGn2MIt SP - 251 EP - 295 VL - 71 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -