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Water Splash: The Denouement
In Water Splash v. Menon, 137 S. Ct. 1504 (2017), the Supreme Court finally resolved the question of whether Article 10(a) of the Hague Service Convention permits service of process by postal channels (it does). That’s the end of the story for Letters Blogatory readers, but it wasn’t the end of the story for the……
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Oprah Winfrey Is Not The Answer
Washington has always coveted the glamor of Hollywood, and Hollywood has always wanted to be taken seriously rather than dismissed as mere entertainers. That’s why we have a White House Correspondents’ dinner, and why so many stars wear nerdy eyeglasses. But not too long ago, in a more innocent time, it was shocking when an……
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Attorney General of Canada v. Malone
The case of the day is Attorney General of Canada v. Malone (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). John Malone had failed to repay his Canadian student loans. In 1991, the Canadian government sued him in Edmonton. Malone was living in California at the time. In 2003, the court entered judgment against him for nearly $40 thousand.……
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Case of the Day: Furstenberg Finance v. Litai Assets
The case of the day is Furstenberg Finance SAS v. Litai Assets LLC (11th Cir. 2017). Furstenberg brought an application under § 1782 for leave to serve a subpoena on Litai for use in prospective proceedings in Luxembourg against Dr. Jean-Michael Paul. The judge granted the application, and Furstenberg issued the subpoena. Litai then moved……
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Attention PETA!
I wrote back in 2015 about the Monkey Selfie case. As the name suggests, a monkey took a selfie using a camera that a nature photographer set up in the monkey’s forest. PETA then brought a lawsuit against the photographer, alleging, supposedly on behalf of the monkey, that the monkey owned the copyright to the……