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Elephant Habeas: NhRP Loses Again On Venue
Never have I ever seen someone as devoted to a pointless and overly simplistic kind of forum shopping as Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project. A few months ago, Mr. Wise’s organization brought a habeas corpus petition, supposedly on behalf of elephants kept at the Fresno Zoo. The NhRP didn’t bring the case in……
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Event Announcement: WILG 2022 Convention
I’ll be speaking at the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group 2022 Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona on October 1. You may be wondering why I would be invited to speak at a convention of worker’s compensation lawyers. Good question! (Although longtime readers may remember that Merlini v. Canada, the case I successfully litigated against……
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In re BMW: Litigation Funding and Section 1782
The case of the day is In re BMW (N.D. Ill. 2022). BMW was a defendant in German patent litigation brought by Arigna Technology Ltd., an Irish “patent assertion entity.” BMW came to Illinois to seek discovery from Magnetar, an investor in Arigna’s patent portfolio, seeking among other things communications regarding the patents. This may……
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Case of the Day: Von Pezold v. Zimbabwe
The case of the day is Von Pezold v. Republic of Zimbabwe (D.D.C. 2022). Elisabeth von Pezold and members of her family, and Border Timbers Ltd. and Hangani Development Co., both had ICSID awards against Zimbabwe. They brought an action to confirm the awards in Washington. They served process on Zimbabwe by sending the papers……
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LCX v. 1.274M US Dollar Coin: Service On the Blockchain
The case of the day is LCX AG v. 1.274M US Dollar Coin (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2022). I came across this very interesting case at John Lundin’s blog, which covers New York commercial cases. LCX, a Liechtenstein company, alleged it was the victim of a theft of virtual assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Some of……