Month: January 2014

  • Case of the Day: Drew Technologies v. Robert Bosch LLC

    I have a very interesting case for you today, which nearly came in under the radar. The case of the day is Drew Technologies, Inc. v. Robert Bosch, LLC (E.D. Mich. 2013). The claim was for patent infringement. The plaintiff sought leave to serve Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch Engineering GmbH under FRCP 4(f)(3) by……

  • Was the Lago Agrio Judgment Ghostwritten?

    Chevron advocate and friend-of-Letters-Blogatory Doug Cassel is back with his take on the judgment ghostwriting issue. I’ll respond to some of his points in the comments. In a January 7 post Ted Folkman makes an ambitious—albeit “tentative”—effort to assess the voluminous evidence of fraud committed by Steven Donziger and certain other plaintiffs’ attorneys in the……

  • Case of the Day: NYKCool v. Pacific International Services

    The case of the day is NYKCool A.B. v. Pacific International Services, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). In 2011, the Court confirmed an $8.7 million dollar award in favor of NYKCool against Pacific Fruit, a company that markets and imports Bonita brand bananas in the United States. Before NYKCool could enforce the judgment, Pacific Fruit transferred all……

  • The Supreme Court Will Review Argentina v. NML Capital

    On Friday, the Supreme Court granted Argentina’s petition for a writ of certiorari in Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd. to review the Second Circuit’s decision in EM Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 695 F.3d 201 (2d Cir. 2012), in which the court held that Argentina’s judgment creditors could take post-judgment discovery generally, without……

  • Letters Blogatory Turns Three!

    Tomorrow is Letters Blogatory’s third birthday. Where has the time gone? I’m taking a break from my regular coverage today to say thanks to my readers. As anyone who blogs knows, it’s a labor of love whose main rewards are the pleasure of writing about things you find interesting and the pleasure of making connections……