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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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Go Visit The Netherlands
Readers, I will have some posts for you on some of the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Commission once they are made public. In the meanwhile, some thoughts on the visit. Here are some things that I love about the Netherlands: A couple of things I did not love. Overall, it’s a wonderful country……
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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……
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Greetings from the Hague
Good afternoon from the Hague! I am here for the Special Commission on the Operation of the Service, Evidence, and Access to Justice Conventions. I will not be writing about the goings-on at the meeting. But I would like you to know that it is inspiring to sit in the Academy building on the grounds……