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A new logo!
I was futzing around with DALL-E and generated a new logo for Letters Blogatory. According to DALL-E, “This design elegantly features the globe with the paper airplane and the balanced scales of justice, symbolizing efficient cross-border communication and legal processes.” What do you think? I also played around with my headshot from the “about” page.……
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Apostille Convention Comes Into Force In China
Yesterday the Apostille Convention came into force in China. You might think that the Apostille Convention is the simplest and most straightforward of the conventions I write about, and in some ways it is. But because China is a big country that has designated a lot of authorities competent to issue apostilles, implementation is a……
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Case of the Day: In re Venequip
The case of the day is In re Venequip (7th Cir. 2023). Venequip, a Venezuelan firm, had a contract with Caterpillar Sàrl, a Swiss subsidiary of Caterpiller, Inc. to sell and service Caterpillar equipment. Caterpillar Sàrl terminated the contract, and Venequip sued in Switzerland; a choice of forum clause in the contract required that all……
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Paper of the Day: Jie Huang on Contracting Out of the Service Convention
Friend of Letters Blogatory Jie (Jeanne) Huang (University of Sydney Faculty of Law) has posted a new paper: “Can Private Parties Contract Out of The Hague Service Convention?” The paper makes an important contribution by observing that the states that have objected to service by postal channels under the Service Convention do not always object……
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The Law Should Be Worthy Of Our Respect
In my first post after the Hamas terrorist attack of Oct. 7, I wrote that I didn’t feel competent to address the situation from a doctrinal point of view, because I don’t have any particular expertise in the law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, etc. But I did give a view from the outside……