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A last word on Schrödinger service?
For the last several years—maybe ten years?—I’ve written a short piece each year on a significant development in the law of cross-border service of process for the ABA Section of International Law’s Year in Review, which is published each year in the International Lawyer. This year, I’m writing about a recent case here in Boston,……
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Amicus brief of the day: Kangol v. Hangzhou Chuanyue Silk Import & Export
The amicus brief of the day is the brief of friends-of-Letters-Blogatory Bill Dodge and Maggie Gardner in Kangol LLC v. Hangzhou Chuanyue Silk Import & Export Co. Ltd., a case pending in the Seventh Circuit. I had the pleasure and privilege of representing Bill and Maggie on this brief. Thanks, Bill and Maggie, for involving……
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Case of the day: In re Palladian Partners
The case of the day is In re Palladian Partners (S.D.N.Y. 2025). After Argentina’s 2001 sovereign debt crisis, the country issued new securities that provided for contingent payments based on the Argentine economy’s performance. Argentina did not make payments for 2013, arguing that the contractual conditions on its payment obligations hadn’t occurred. Palladian Partners and……
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October 7, 2025
Today is the second anniversary of October 7. I want to share some personal reflections about that day and the past two years. October 7 was, for me, a lightning bolt. If you’ve been struck by lightning you aren’t the same person the day after as you were the day before. The October 8 Ted……
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Case of the Day: Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society v. Russian Federation
The case of the day is Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pa. v. Russian Federation (D.D.C. 2025). In 2017, the Russian government seized the headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in St. Petersburg. The property is now used as a state-owned medical research facility. The Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, a Jehovah’s Witnesses……