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The New National Strategy To Counter Antisemitism
The Biden Administration released the first National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism last week. This is a big, historic step forward. The new strategy focuses on education, boosting the safety and security of the Jewish community and Jewish institutions, reversing the increasing normalization of antisemitism in public spaces, online, and on university campuses, and encouraging communities……
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Post of the Day: Lawrence Collins on Section 1782 in the UK
Lawrence Collins (Lord Collins of Mapesbury, former justice of the UK Supreme Court) has a new post at the Transnational Litigation Blog on the use and misuse of Section 1782 in aid of UK litigation. The post has a useful review of cases where the UK courts have enjoined Section 1782 applications, and cases where……
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Event of the Day: The ABLI and HCCH Webinar on the Service Convention
Readers, the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) are returning with their third joint webinar. This year, the theme is Cross-border Commercial Dispute Resolution – HCCH 1965 Service Convention. Here is the announcement: The webinar will take place on Tuesday 27 June between 4 to 5:10pm (Singapore time), and……
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Note of the Day: Vanderbeek on Rockefeller
Congratulations to Thomas G. Vanderbeek, who has published a student note in the Vanderbilt Law Review on the problem of “contracting around” the Hague Service Convention in light of Rockefeller v. Changzhou Sinotype. Vanderbeek correctly identifies two approaches to the problem. The first approach focuses on giving effect to the Convention’s terms, particularly its insistence……
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Thanks, WordPress!
I read that WordPress, the software that I use to make Letters Blogatory, is turning twenty this month. I’ve been using WordPress since 2011, and I want to take the occasion of the anniversary to give a shout-out to the many people who contribute their time to developing and maintaining the software. If you think……