Comments on: Case of the Day: Epic Games v. Mendes https://lettersblogatory.com/2018/02/01/epic-games-v-mendes/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Sun, 17 Nov 2024 23:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Case of the Day: VTB Bank v. Mavlyanov | Letters Blogatory | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2018/02/01/epic-games-v-mendes/#comment-3024 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:01:22 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=25982#comment-3024 […] recently noted the recurring issues that Russia’s unilateral refusal to execute US requests for service of […]

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2018/02/01/epic-games-v-mendes/#comment-3023 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:47:38 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=25982#comment-3023 In reply to Aaron Lukken.

Hmm. That is not the view of the Special Commission. See Paragraphs 52-54 of the 2003 Conclusions & Recommendations, which each later Special Commission has recalled. The footnotes to Paragraphs 52-54 make it clear that Russia does not support this view, but Russia’s position is in my view plainly wrong and not accepted by other states.

]]> By: Aaron Lukken https://lettersblogatory.com/2018/02/01/epic-games-v-mendes/#comment-3022 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:23:30 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=25982#comment-3022 The resolution, quite simply, is for the United States government to bear the cost of serving (that is, have DoJ pay PFI instead of charging applicants). That will make the problem go away in the most appropriate way.

The Russians are right on this one.

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