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9 St. Thomas J. Complex Litig. [i] (2023)

handle is hein.journals/stthmsjl9 and id is 1 raw text is: Jessica Michelle Pagliery EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, JOURNAL OF COMPLEX LITIGATION, VOLUME 9 Introduction to the Journal's Final Volume The Journal of Complex Litigation is thrilled to present our last volume, Volume 9. This year, the Journal has had the privilege of choosing from a variety of high-quality manuscripts from around the world. Because of these incredible scholarships, we have cultivated the most robust and diverse volume for our readers, including our first-ever Symposium Issue. I would like to thank the authors that trusted us with their works and express my deepest gratitude to our Editors who have worked tirelessly all year to foster our best volume yet. Volume 9's first issue explores subjects like damages, class standing, knee replacement litigation, and Taiwanese trial courts. Debates about these topics have set the stage for new litigation to enter both the American and International arena. Outside the judicial system, academia has not turned its cheek from discussing each of these topics. While popular genres of litigation have seen academic literature from a myriad of scholars, this Volume presents issues and solutions of first impression. The first article, Predicting Damages Awards: A Comparative Law & Economics Analysis on Contract Breach Litigations in American Common Law, French Civil Law, and International Commercial Law, is by Frank Giaoui. It utilizes an empirical economics analysis of hundreds of cases to make recommendations and suggest best practices to those looking to recover lost profits and opportunities. The article analyzes damage to commercial reputation, lost profits for a new business, and a breach of a negotiation agreement to formulate its hypothesis. In doing so, it encourages readers to use continuous empirical research on damages in tandem with artificial intelligence to predict compensatory damage schedules. As a result of the research, the article argues the data shows that a judicial decision reflects the gap between the claim and the defense. The second article, Challenges in Constructing Taiwan's Commercial Court and Changing the Trial Process, is by Ching-Yi Wu. Tackling the flood of litigation in Taiwan head-on, this article calls attention to the structure of Taiwanese courts and calls for reform. The Taiwanese government has sought to mirror its judicial system to that of the United Kingdom and the United States. Using this premise, the author draws attention to the new system's lack of a separate division for commercial disputes. This article argues a commercial court

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