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Case of the Day: Rose v. Deer Consumer Products
The case of the day is Rose v. Deer Consumer Products, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2011). According to the complaint, Deer was a small appliance manufacturer in China. Deer was a public company. Because it was in financial difficulty, it sought new investment from the United States. But according to the plaintiffs, Deer “lied about its……
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Case of the Day: Belize Social Development Ltd. v. Government of Belize
The case of the day is Belize Social Development Ltd. v. Government of Belize (D.C. Cir. 2012). The Contract and the Arbitration In 2005, the Prime Minister of Belize, Said Musa of the People’s United Party, on behalf of the government, signed a contract with Belize Telemedia Ltd., under which Telemedia was going to acquire……
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Belfast Project Update
[UPDATED: I added a point 4, which is now the second-to-last paragraph] I was interviewed today on RTÉ Radio 1’s This Week program on the Belfast Project litigation here in Boston. I didn’t get to hear the whole program (or even my interview), but I did catch interviews that the reporter, Fran McNulty, had with……
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Case of the Day: Nomanbhoy v. Vahanvaty
The case of the day is Nomanbhoy v. Vahanvaty (N.D. Ill. 2011). Sabbhir Nomanbhoy was a shareholder and CEO of Dyna Care Health Ventures, which provided home nursing services in several states. His relatives, Aymen Tyebjee, Nafeesa Moosabhoy, Yunus Nomanbhoy, and Zehra Vahanvaty, were also involved in the business.The family, all US citizens, were members……
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Upcoming Belfast Project Hearing
When I was in law school, Judge William G. Young, one of my favorite federal judges, would hold court occasionally in the moot courtroom in Austin Hall. And by “hold court” I don’t mean that he regaled the law students with war stories from his favorite cases. I mean that he literally held court. Lawyers……