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Mayor Mamdani has his autopen moment on Day 1
Do you remember last month, when President Trump said he was rescinding all executive orders that President Biden signed with the “autopen” machine? Trump declared in a social media post that any documents Biden signed with the autopen are “hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect.” “I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything……
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Comments on the Trump v. BBC libel case
A couple of weeks ago, Donald Trump sued the British Broadcasting Corporation for libel, alleging that the BBC had falsely reported that Trump had incited the January 6 riots at the Capitol. Now, we all watched Trump’s speech live on television and can judge four ourselves what he said and what he meant. But I……
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The Second Circuit closes the door on service by email in China
The case of the day is Smart Study Co. v. Shenzhenshixindajixieyouxiangongsi (2d Cir. 2025). This is one we’ve been waiting for. For years I have been making the case that: (1) when the Service Convention applies (that is, when the defendant is to be served in a Convention state and when the defendant’s address is……
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Lago Agrio: Tribunal issues Track III award
I spent years of my life keeping up with all the twists and turns of the Chevron/Ecuador case. There are nearly 400 Lago Agrio-related posts here at Letters Blogatory! But since the US Supreme Court denied Steven Donziger’s petition for review of his conviction for contempt of court in 2023, I’ve more or less lost……
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The Robot Arbitrator Can’t Issue Confirmable Awards
Introduction: How to fight the robot arbitrator There are a lot of reasons why I am pretty strongly opposed to allowing AI systems—what I like to call the “robot arbitrator”—to decide real disputes in the real world. I’ve written about them here at Letters Blogatory before. Here is a post that suggests that the robot……