Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Author: Ted Folkman

  • Lago Agrio: Argentina’s Attorney General Seeks Lifting of the Embargo

    Argentina’s attorney general, Alejandra Magdalena Gils Carbó, has asked Argentina’s Supreme Court to lift the embargo or attachment of Chevron’s assets in Argentina, which the Argentine courts had entered under the Inter-American Convention on Execution of Preventive Measures. In November 2012, I reported on the embargo, and in January 2013 I reported on an Argentine……

  • Case of the Day: Daebo International Shipping Co. v. Americas Bulk Transport (BVI) Ltd.

    The case of the day is Daebo International Shipping Co. v. Americas Bulk Transport (BVI) Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). Daebo Shipping, a Korean company, chartered the M/V Nicole to ABT, which, despite its name, was, according to the judge, a Liberian company. After a dispute arose, Daebo Shipping asserted a claim for more than $300,000 against……

  • More on the New Search Feature

    Readers, have you tried the new Letters Blogatory search feature yet? Here are a couple of suggestions for how you can use it. You can search on more than one criterion. So for example, you could search for all cases from the Southern District of New York that involve § 1782. Or you could search……

  • Case of the Day: In re Application of Pott

    The case of the day is In re Application of Pott (W.D. Wash. 2013). Pott was an Argentine businessman in the seafood business. He was the co-founder of Bentinicos de Argentina, a seafood company in Argentina, and he sold it to World Capital Properties, Ltd., a Florida firm, in order to get capital needed to……

  • New Letters Blogatory Search Feature!

    Readers, check out the Search widget on the right side of the screen. Now you can do full text searches, as before, and you can search for cases decided by particular courts or cases involving particular statutes or rules. There are still some kinks to iron out. For example, I have to rename the various……