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Case of the Day: Wepard Corp. v. Diaz, Reus & Targ
The case of the day is Wepard Corp. v. Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2026). Diaz, Reus & Targ, a law firm, sued Wepard for allegedly unpaid legal fees. Wepard was located in Malta. DRT moved for leave to serve process by email, but Malta has objected to service by alternate……
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The HCCH website now features e-country profiles
At the end of last year, the HCCH announced that its website now features “e-country profiles” for several conventions, including the Service and Evidence Conventions. That doesn’t mean that lots of country profiles are now available; it means that there is now a place on the HCCH website where states can, if they want, publish……
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The war with Iran
Some thoughts on the war with Iran: First, I am thinking about the servicemen and servicewomen in harm’s way, as well as the civilians in Iran and in Israel and the Arab countries that Iran is attacking. I hope they all get through this safe and sound, though I know that’s not likely. Second, the……
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Case of the Day: BMW v. Onesta
The case of the day is Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v. Onesta, LLC (W.D. Tex. 2026). It raises a super-interesting question: can you litigate infringement of a US patent in a foreign court? The EU gave its own answer to this question last year, in the context of an EU patent dispute rather than a……
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Postscript to my Switzerland update
In my update on Switzerland’s new declarations under the Evidence Convention, I suggested that the new liberalized rules for taking evidence by commissioner applied only to witnesses who were sojourning temporarily in Switzerland, not to residents. “You see, the French version uses séjourner …. “What a dork I am! I now have it on very……
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