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Apostolos Anthimos on Sharia Law in Greece
I would like to recommend to readers a recent post at Conflict of Laws by friend of Letters Blogatory Apostolos Anthimos on Sharia Law in Greece: Blending European Values with Islamic Tradition. The post covers a new Greek statute that grants Greek Muslims the right to resort to civil law instead of Islamic law but……
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Case to Watch: Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co.
Readers, keep your eyes on Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co., a case that the Supreme Court has just agreed to hear. Here is SCOTUSBlog’s description of the case: The case arose when U.S. companies that purchase Vitamin C from … Chinese companies filed lawsuits against a group of Chinese companies, alleging……
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Case of the Day: Kumar v. Sudan (With a Circuit Split!)
Under the FSIA, if you are suing a foreign sovereign and there is no special arrangement for service, and if you can’t make service under an applicable treaty such as the Hague Service Convention, you have to serve process “by any form of mail requiring a signed receipt, to be addressed and dispatched by the……
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Our Next Great Political Philosopher
An historical hypothesis, which may or may not be true and which no doubt is not original: the great political philosophies are reactions to the excesses of their times, not justifications for the status quo. Plato’s ideal Republic following the Peloponnesian War started by the radical Athenian democracy. Hobbes’s Leviathan after the disturbances of the……
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Case of the Day: International Designs v. Qingdao Seaforest Hair Products
The case of the day is International Designs Corp. v. Qingdao Seaforest Hair Products Co. (S.D. Fla. 2018). It’s an odd case. International Designs manufactured hair extensions. The hair extensions were patented by Hairtalk GmbH, which had licensed the patent to International Designs. International Designs and Hairtalk sued Qingdao, alleging that it was selling infringing……