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Case of the Day: Hyundai Securities v. Lee
The case of the day is Hyundai Securities Co. v. Lee (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). Lee was the CEO of Hyundai Securities from 1996 to 2000. Several Hyundai shareholders brought a shareholder derivative action against Lee in the Seoul Southern District Court, claiming that Lee was guilty of securities fraud. Lee appeared and defended. The……
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Event Announcement: The external dimension of EU private international law after Opinion 1/13
Readers, friend of Letters Blogatory and fellow blogger Pietro Franzina is organizing an interesting conference to be held in Ferrara on February 13. The title is The external dimension of EU Private International Law After Opinion 1/13.
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Paper of the Day: Litigation Isolationism
The paper of the day is Litigation Isolationism, by Pamela K. Bookman of Columbia Law School. The paper is forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review.
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Case of the Day: Assoun v. Assoun
The case of the day is Assoun v. Assoun (S.D.N.Y. 2015). The parties were former spouses who lived in England after their divorce. The wife petitioned the High Court in London to increase the amount of child support and spousal support the husband was required to pay. The court granted the petition and ordered the……
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Case of the Day: Georges v. United Nations
The case of the day is Georges v. United Nations (S.D.N.Y. 2015). I first wrote about the case in December 2013, and then again in March 2014. The case is a putative class action by Haitians against the United Nations, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, and two UN officials, Secretary-General Ban and former Under-Secretary-General……