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Case of the Day: In re Kivisto
The case of the day is In re Kivisto (11th Cir. 2013). Jussi Kivisto, a Florida lawyer, was disbarred in 2010 for various misconduct. He sued the lawyer who had filed a disciplinary complaint against him, Susan Robbins, and Michael Soifer, the Florida bar counsel, for violations of his civil rights and of the RICO……
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Case of the Day: In re Fairfield Sentry Ltd.
The case of the day is Morning Mist Holdings, Ltd. v. Kenneth Krys (In re Fairfield Sentry Ltd.) (2d Cir. 2013). Sentry was a British Virgin Islands company and the largest “feeder fund” that had the misfortune to invest with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. Sentry had invested 95% of its assets, or more……
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Case of the Day: Chevron Corp. v. Republic of Ecuador
Today’s case of the day, Chevron Corp. v. Republic of Ecuador (D.D.C. 2013), is the latest installment in Chevron’s efforts to enforce a $96 million arbitral award it obtained against Ecuador in an investment treaty arbitration held in the Hague under the US/Ecuador bilateral investment treaty. This arbitration arose out of Chevron’s claim that it……
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Case of the Day: Zhang v. Baidu.com
We return today to Zhang v. Baidu.com, the case of the day from April 2, 2013. In the prior decision, the judge granted a motion to dismiss and denied a cross-motion for default judgment where China’s central authority had refused to serve the summons and complaint, citing Article 13 of the Hague Service Convention. The……
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Case of the Day: Duarte v. Michelin North America
The case of the day is Duarte v. Michelin North America, Inc. (S.D. Tex. 2013). Xiomara Duarte filed a product liability case against Michelin and Toyota Motor Corp. after she was in an automobile accident involving a blow-out; she claimed the tire, manufactured by Toyota. Duarte sought to serve process on Toyota by delivering the……