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We Don’t Do That Here
Americans love parades. My kids and I look forward to the Roslindale Day Parade every year. The local schools send marching bands and dancers. All the local businesses have floats. The politicians are there shaking hands and kissing babies. There are fire engines and antique cars. And sometimes the army sends a band, too. It’s……
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Case of the Day: Jackson Laboratory v. Nanjing University
The case of the day is Jackson Laboratory v. Nanjing University (D. Me. 2018). The Lab had sold mice to the University with limitations on how they could be used. The contract called for arbitration of disputes in Maine (maybe not the best provision for the Lab, but I digress). The Lab alleged that the……
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Case of the Day: Manchester v. Sivantos
The case of the day is Manchester v. Sivantos GmbH (C.D. Cal. 2018). Deborah Manchester sued Sivantos, a German company, alleging a misappropriation of her trade secrets, which related to hearing aid technology. She served process on Sivantos by serving the documents on Sivantos, Inc., an affiliate, on the theory that Sivantos, Inc. was Sivantos……
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Case of the Day: VTB Bank v. Mavlyanov
Update (2/6/18): Marian Dent, a well-informed reader who is based in Russia, has sorted out my confusion on the sanctions issue in the comments below the post. The case of the day is VTB Bank (PJSC) v. Mavlyanov (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2018). VTB, a Russian bank, sought recognition and enforcement of a $37 million Russian……
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Case of the Day: Epic Games v. Mendes
The case of the day is Epic Games v. Mendes (N.D. Cal. 2018). Epic had a copyright claim against Konstantin Vladimirovich Rak, who lived in Russia. It sought leave to serve process on Rak, whose address was known, by email under FRCP 4(f)(3).