Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Author: Ted Folkman

  • Please Nominate Letters Blogatory For The 2013 ABA Blawg 100!

    Readers, as I have for the past two years, I am asking you to nominate Letters Blogatory for the ABA’s Blawg 100, its list of the 100 best legal blogs. Your votes and support put me over the top last year, and I am hoping we can do it again in 2013. Here’s a short……

  • Case of the Day: Ohno v. Yasuma

    The case of the day is Ohno v. Yasuma (9th Cir. 2013). Naoko Ohno was a Japanese national. While working in London, she joined the Saints of Glory Church, and when she returned to Tokyo she continued attending the church’s branch there. Part of the worship services she attended there was a recorded sermon by……

  • Case of the Day: Mezu v. Progress Bank of Nigeria

    The case of the day, Mezu v. Progress Bank of Nigeria, plc (D. Md. 2013), is a mess. Dr. Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu was the chairman of Emekuku Community Bank Nigeria Ltd. Mezu had previously obtained a default judgment against Progress Bank of Nigeria, plc, from the Federal Court in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Progress Bank had……

  • The Supreme Court’s October 2013 Term: The Coming Year in International Judicial Assistance

    Now that the Supreme Court has issued its last decisions of the October 2012 term, it’s time to look ahead to the coming year. Happily, the Supreme Court will hear several cases that should be of interest to Letters Blogatory readers, and there are some pending petitions that also bear watching. Petitions Granted DaimlerChrysler v.……

  • Lago Agrio Update

    I have some updates for you in the Lago Agrio case. First, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs have won a victory in Ecuador. Recall that Chevron had won a $96 million award against the Republic of Ecuador in an investment treaty arbitration in the Netherlands; a court in Washington has just confirmed the award. Now the……