Comments on: Case of the Day: Merlini v. Canada https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Comments on the Trump v. BBC libel case | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-52300 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:01:06 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-52300 […] immunity . I commented on a similar issue a few years ago when I opposed a cert. petition in Merlini v. Canada, a case I brought (and won!) against the government of Canada on behalf of a locally-engaged worker […]

]]> By: Case of the Day: Mohammad v. Consulate of Kuwait | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-22093 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 17:07:05 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-22093 […] readers will know that the issue is interesting to me: it was the issue in Merlini v. Canada 926 F.3d 21 (1st Cir. 2019), the First Circuit’s decision in favor of a worker injured on the job at a consulate who […]

]]> By: The Dover Amendment and the FSIA | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-17872 Sat, 24 Aug 2024 15:01:53 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-17872 […] not the purpose. But it’s not a simple test to apply. Long-time readers will remember my case against the government of Canada, where the issue was the Canadian government’s failure to […]

]]> By: Brownbag Lunch of the Day: Foreign Sovereign Immunity and Locally Employed Staff: the Massachusetts Example | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-3287 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:04:10 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-3287 […] Immunity and Locally Employed Staff: the Massachusetts Example. We’re going to talk about the Merlini case, the case in which a clerical worker at a foreign consulate had a workplace injury and the foreign […]

]]> By: Cert. Watch: Merlini v. Canada | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-3286 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:19:21 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-3286 […] written about before in which I’m representing the plaintiff. I last wrote about the case in June 2019, when I reported on the First Circuit decision in Merlini’s favor. To recap, this is the case […]

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-3285 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 22:32:35 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-3285 In reply to Alan Pierce.

Thanks, Alan, that’s super nice!

]]> By: Alan Pierce https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-3284 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:56:14 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-3284 Ted’s willingness to take this most unique case on and pursue so far successfully is what good lawyering is all about.

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-3283 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:40:42 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-3283 In reply to Richard Garnett.

Thanks, Richard, that’s very kind!

]]> By: Richard Garnett https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/06/11/case-of-the-day-merlini-v-canada/#comment-3282 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 06:35:23 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=28371#comment-3282 Congratulations Ted— an excellent victory for a consular employee over another foreign state employer seeking to use the immunity doctrine to defeat good faith claims. I hope you have further success on the merits.

Best wishes
Richard Garnett

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