Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Author: Ted Folkman

  • Hague Service and Evidence Conventions: The US Central Authority’s Unusual Interpretation

    A reader wrote in with the following case. He (a Mexican lawyer) asked PFI, the contractor that carries out the day-to-day work of the Department of Justice in its capacity as central authority for the United States under the Hague Service Convention, to serve a summons on a Mexican national in the United States. The……

  • Case of the Day: Wuxi Taihu Tractor Co. v. The York Group, Inc.

    The case of the day is Wuxi Taihu Tractor Co. v. The York Group, Inc. (Tex. App. 2014). York, a Delaware firm that manufactured and sold coffins sued Wuxi, a Chinese firm, for unfair competition and other torts. York served process on Wuxi by service on the Texas Secretary of State, who then mailed the……

  • Law Bloggers Can Help Improve The Web

    Readers, you may or may not know that I like to tinker with the software that runs Letters Blogatory. When I started the blog, I used a service called wordpress.com, which hosted the blog for me. Later, I rented space on a “shared server,” a server that I and many others shared and that was……

  • Letters Blogatory Email Problems

    Readers, my email server was not working between sometime on December 4 and sometime on December 7. So if you tried to send me a message via my contact page, or if you sent me an email at my @lettersblogatory.com address, I didn’t receive it. I’m sorry for the trouble!

  • Lago Agrio: Donziger’s Reply Brief

    Day two of this week’s Lago Agrio coverage: Steven Donziger has filed his reply brief in the Second Circuit RICO case. I’m not sure why the due date for this brief was later than the due date than the LAP reply brief—I haven’t studied the case calendar. But in any event, it’s another strong brief……