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Case of the Day: Wikeley v. Kea Investments
The case of the day is Wikeley v. Kea Investments, Ltd., [2024] NZCA 609. I learned of it from a post at Conflict of Laws by Maria Hook of the University of Otago. Kenneth Wikeley sued Kea Investments in Kentucky for breach of contract. The contract in question was a Coal Funding and JV Investment……
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Case of the Day: AXS Group v. Internet Referral Services
The case of the day is AXS Group v. Internet Referral Services (C.D. Cal. 2024). AXS sued Amosa.app, a business that it claimed sold counterfeit AXS tickets online. Discovery revealed that Amosa.app was operated by someone named Altan Tanriverdi, who had an email address, a phone number, and a mailing address in Ankara, Turkey. AXS……
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Case of the Day: In re Marriage of Paddock and May
The case of the day is Paddock v. May (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). The husband and wife were married in the UK but later moved to Washington. The husband sought a legal separation in Washington, which was granted, and he moved to Wales. The husband’s lawyer withdrew from the case. Washington law provides that six……
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A Joyful Night
I have never had more fun at a concert than I had at the Taylor Swift Eras tour in Toronto last Thursday. It was a night filled with joy. Not the joy of vanquishing enemies or the joy of mocking the unfortunate or any of the other kinds of faux joy people seem to feel……
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Case of the Day: SEC v. Bowerman
The case of the day is SEC v. Bowerman (D. Mass. 2024). The SEC brought a securities fraud claim against Bowerman, who lived in the UK. According to the return of service, a “private process server” personally served the papers on Bowerman at an address in England. The SEC moved for entry of default when……