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HCCH Publishes New Apostille Handbook
The Permanent Bureau of The Hague Conference on Private International Law has published a new edition of the Practical Handbook on the Operation of the Apostille Convention. The Handbook provides a handy history of the Apostille Convention and of apostilles and legalization, explaining why we have the Convention and what an apostille is and is……
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Case of the Day: LS Energia v. Corporation Electrica Nacional
The case of the day is LS Energia Inc. v. Electrica Nacional S.A. (S. D. Fla. 2023). LS Energia, a Florida company, and its Panamanian affiliate brought an action against Venezuela and its state-owned oil and electric companies. The plaintiffs had begun by seeking to serve all three defendants by diplomatic channels under 28 U.S.C.……
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Second Circuit To Rule On Service By Email In China (Maybe)
The Second Circuit is poised to decide Smart Study Co. v. Acuteye-US, a case in which a district judge correctly held that the Hague Service Convention does not permit service by email in cases where it applies, at least where the state of destination has objected to service by alternate means under Article 10. I……
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Event of the Day: Claudia Salomon in Boston
Readers, Claudia Salomon, the president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, will be in Boston today for a fireside chat on “Responding to Today’s Challenges in International Arbitration.” She’ll be speaking with my friend Conna Weiner, herself a leading arbitrator. The event will be held at Foley Hoag’s offices in the Seaport at 4……
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Strange Apostille Case of the Day: In re Kamalnathan
The case of the day is In re Kamalnathan (Cal. App. 2022). The case was a divorce case. The wife argued that certain properties in India were community property, and she offered some deeds to support her claim. The husband argued that the deeds should be excluded because the wife had not shown they were……