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Case of the day: Thai-Lao Lignite v. Laos
The case of the day is Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. v. Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (2d Cir. 2017). I’ve written about the case before. Here was my description of the facts:
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Case of the Day: Kriegman v. Slanina
The case of the day is Kriegman v. Slanina (In re LLS America, LLC) (E.D. Wash. 2017). We don’t really know what the case was about, but the court had entered a default judgment against Slanina, and Slanina had then appeared and sought to vacate the judgment on service of process grounds.
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Case of the Day: Bamberger Rosenheim v. OA Development
The case of the day is Bamberger Rosenheim, Ltd. v. OA Development, Inc. (11th Cir. 2017). Bamberger, or Profimex, is an Israeli real estate investment company. OA was a Georgia real estate development company. The two companies entered into a Solicitation Agreement, which included the following agreement to arbitrate: Any disputes with respect to this……
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Case of the Day: Deutsche Bank v. Sebastian Holdings
The case of the day is Deutsche Bank AG v. Sebastian Holdings, Inc. (Conn. Ct. App. 2017). Sebastian Holdings was a Turks and Caicos company. Deutsche Bank sued Sebastian in England on a claim relating to trading losses Sebastian had incurred in connection with a trading account it had opened with Deutsche Bank. The English……
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Case of the Day: Badawi v. Alesawy
The case of the day is Badawi v. Alesawy (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2017). I wrote about the case in 2012 and last year. Here was my description of the facts: The parties were married civilly in New York in 1998, and they had an Islamic wedding ceremony thereafter. As part of the religious ceremony, they……