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October 7, 2026
As has become my custom, I’m publishing a reflection on the anniversary of 10/7, a life-changing day. Since last year, there has been some good news. All of the hostages still alive were released. And just in the last few days, there was a miracle: a heroic Indian pilot and the heroic Israeli passengers aboard…
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Case of the day: Dinwang Jia v. Individuals on Schedule A
The case of the day is Dingwang Jia v. The Individuals, etc., Identified on Schedule A (S.D. Fla. 2026). This is yet another “Schedule A” case, raising what is now the classic issue about service of process by email on a Chinese defendant. The case is interesting because of the treatment of the Chinese defendant’s…
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Case of the day: Devengoechea v. Venezuela
Today’s case of the day is Devengoechea v. Venezuela (11th Cir. 2026). Friend of Letters Blogatory Ingrid Brunk discussed the case in a recent post at the Transnational Litigation Blog, and I wrote about an earlier stage of the case years ago. Devengoechea was a collector of artifacts of Simón Bolívar who lived in Florida.…
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Letters Blogatory remembers 9/11
Let’s pause to remember the men and women who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, twenty-five years ago today.
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Case of the day: In re Biogen
The case of the day is In re Application of Biogen MA (D. Del. 2026). It’s a Section 1782 decision in a cross-border patent dispute. I was counsel to the applicant. Biogen had brought patent infringement claims against Sandoz in the US and in the UK. It intended to bring a claim in Italy, but…