Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Month: May 2013

  • Social Sharing Update: Mission Accomplished!

    I want to thank those of you who wrote to me with suggestions for dealing with the privacy problems that arise when websites use social sharing buttons. The good news is that I think I have found a solution that works. It’s software called Love Button, published by deLucks GmbH. At the foot of each…

  • Belfast Project: Boston Prosecutors as Irish Politicians

    Today I bring you an editorial by Chris Bray, a longtime observer of the Belfast Project case. Chris believes the UK authorities don’t intend to prosecute anyone in the McConville case, and thus he regards the entire affair as a farce of sorts. I read his piece as a criticism of the US Attorney General…

  • Donzigerdämmerung?

    Steven Donziger’s lawyers, Keker & Van Nest LLP, have moved for leave to withdraw from the case, citing non-payment of its fees of more than $1.4 million. The motion pulls no punches, accusing Judge Kaplan of allowing the case to “degenerate[] into a Dickensian farce” and accusing Chevron of “scorched-earth litigation, executed by its army…

  • Case of the Day Safadjou v. Mohammadi

    The case of the day is Safadjou v. Mohammadi (N.Y. App. Div. 2013). The case was on appeal from a judgment in a divorce and child custody case. The husband had introduced evidence tending to show that the wife had left the United States with the couple’s child and that she intended to remain in…

  • Letters Blogatory Goes Over To The Dark Side

    Update: If you are particularly interested in this issue, check out this post by noted privacy and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier. Readers, I tried. Really, I did. As you may remember, I rolled out privacy-sensitive sharing buttons with great fanfare just a couple of weeks ago. The idea was to let people share Letters Blogatory…