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Case of the Day: SEC v. Lahr
The case of the day is SEC v. Lahr (3d Cir. 2024). The SEC sought to serve Thomas Megas with process at his home in Switzerland in a civil securities fraud case. It sent a request for service to the Swiss central authority, which confirmed that the SEC had the right address for Megas but……
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Case of the Day: Webuild v. WSP
The case of the day is Webuild S.p.A. v. WSP USA, Inc. (2d Cir. 2024). It’s a Section 1782 case seeking evidence for use in an ICSID arbitration asserting violations of the Panama-Italy bilateral investment treaty. The question in the case was whether an ICSID arbitral tribunal is a foreign or international tribunal for purposes……
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Case of the Day: Marriage of Quijada and Dominguez
Friend of Letters Blogatory Melissa Kucinski has an excellent post about Marriage of Quijada and Dominguez (Ariz. 2024), an interesting case about domicile in divorce. The spouses moved to Arizona on TN and TD visas. These are special nonimmigrant visas, created under NAFTA, for workers in certain professional fields who have jobs in their field……
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Case of the Day: Peanuts Worldwide v. Schedule A
The case of the day is Peanuts Worldwide LLC v. Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (N.D. Ill. 2024). The case is a so-called “Schedule A” case brought by an intellectual property owner against many unknown parties allegedly infringing the IP on the web. Here, the plaintiff owned the copyrights and trademarks covering……
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Case of the Day: In re SKAT Tax Refund Litigation
The case of the day is In re SKAT Tax Refund Litigation (S.D.N.Y. 2024). After a trial date had been set and long after the close of fact discovery, both sides in the case, a multi-district litigation consolidated before Judge Kaplan in New York, sought issuance of letters of request to take testimony abroad. The……