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Case of the Day: BonSens v. Pfizer
The case of the days BonSens.org v. Pfizer, Inc. (2d Cir. 2024). BonSens is an organization of “concerned scientists, medical doctors, legal experts and citizens.” It brought an action in France seeking to nullify an indemnification clause in an advance purchase agreement Pfizer and BioNTech, manufacturers of COVID vaccines, had made with the European Commission……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Meta
The case of the day is United States v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2023). The Korean central authority made a request to the US central authority for judicial assistance under the Evidence Convention in aid of a Korean internet defamation lawsuit where the defendant’s identity was unknown. The letter of request sought technical and……
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Case of the Day: In re Venequip
The case of the day is In re Venequip (7th Cir. 2023). Venequip, a Venezuelan firm, had a contract with Caterpillar Sàrl, a Swiss subsidiary of Caterpiller, Inc. to sell and service Caterpillar equipment. Caterpillar Sàrl terminated the contract, and Venequip sued in Switzerland; a choice of forum clause in the contract required that all……
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“Tag Service” and Section 1782
Bill Dodge has a really interesting post about a decision from the bench in an SDNY Section 1782 case, In re Fourworld Event Opportunities Fund. Decision like this are from the darkest corner of the legal dark web. They are not published. They are not available on Lexis or Westlaw, even as unpublished decisions. They……
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Post of the Day: Lawrence Collins on Section 1782 in the UK
Lawrence Collins (Lord Collins of Mapesbury, former justice of the UK Supreme Court) has a new post at the Transnational Litigation Blog on the use and misuse of Section 1782 in aid of UK litigation. The post has a useful review of cases where the UK courts have enjoined Section 1782 applications, and cases where……