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Case of the Day: National Asset Loan Management v. McCann
The case of the day is National Asset Loan Management, Ltd. v. McCann (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015). NALM sued John McCann in the Irish High Court. McCann resided in Northern Ireland, so NALM sought to serve him with process via the Northern Ireland courts. When that failed, he obtained an order from the Irish courts……
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Letters Blogatory Polls The Candidates
Update: All of the inquiries have been sent, with the exception of inquiries to Gov. Christie, Ms. Fiorina, Gov. Jindal, and Mr. Trump. I couldn’t find a press contact or inquiry form on the Christie, Fiorina, or Trump websites, and the Jindal website crashed my computer. Readers, those of you who are US citizens, and……
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Event recap: The Hague Service and Evidence Conventions
Readers, if you weren’t there on Monday for the discussion on Service of Process and Taking of Evidence Abroad, you missed a very interesting and engaging discussion. There were some dramatic moments, or dramatic at least if international judicial assistance is your thing.
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Today’s Event on the Hague Service and Evidence Conventions
Readers, today is the day for Service of Process and Taking Evidence Abroad: The Impact of “Electronic Means” on the Operation of the Hague Conventions, which is being held at Georgetown. I am a participant on the first of several panels and thus will not be reporting live on the first panel discussion for obvious……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Alarcon
The case of the day is United States v. Alarcon (S.D.N.Y. 2015). The US Coast Guard intercepted a small boat on the high seas approximately 280 miles from the coast of Ecuador. It found 600 kg of cocaine on board and charged the three Ecuadoran men on the boat, Javier Joaquin Alarcon Prado, Luis Armando……