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By Ted Folkman of Rubin and Rudman LLP

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Month: March 2013

  • Letters Blogatory Sues the Government Under FOIA

    Readers who are following the Lago Agrio case will know that until the Second Circuit decided Naranjo (and maybe even now), one of the main questions Chevron sought to litigate in New York was whether the Ecuadoran courts were systematically inadequate, that is, whether they met the standards of impartiality and due process necessary to……

  • Service by Email and Facebook: FTC v. PCCare247 Inc.

    I’ve got an interesting case for you today! The case of the day is FTC v. PCCare 247 Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). The FTC alleged that the defendants, Vikas Agrawal, Anuj Agrawal, Parmeshwar Agrawal, PCCare247 Solutions Pvt. Ltd., and Connexxions IT Services Pvt. Ltd., all located in India, “operated a scheme that tricked American consumers into……

  • US Court Approves International Service of Process by Facebook

    Letters Blogatory welcomes esteemed fellow blogger Chris Neumeyer, who practices law in Taipei. Chris has a new post on today’s case of the day, FTC v. PCCare247 Inc., which will be cross-posted on his blog. Readers may also be interested in my take on the case. Suffice it to say that in my view service……

  • Case of the Day: Via Vadis Controlling GmbH v. Skype, Inc.

    The case of the day is Via Vadis Controlling GmbH v. Skype, Inc. (D. Del. 2013). Via Vadis is the exclusive licensee of a European patent, and it sued Skye Software S.A.R.L. for infringement in Germany. Via Vadis also applied to a Luxembourg court for an Ordonnance permitting court-appointed experts to search Skype Software’s offices……

  • Case of the Day: In re Application of Rigby

    The case of the day is In re Application of Rigby (S.D. Cal. 2013). In 2009, an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed concerning Michael R. Mastro. The bankruptcy judge found that Mastro and his wife had made false representations and had fraudulently transferred assets. He ordered their arrest. In 2012, they were arrested in France,……