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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……
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Case of the Day: Neelon v. Kruger
The case of the day is Neelon v. Krueger (D. Mass. 2013). The facts alleged in the complaint, if true, are of the kind that call for a judicial smackdown. Daniel Neelon is a Massachusetts lawyer. According to the complaint, he was counsel to Georges Cohen, a Montreal businessman. Neelon, on behalf of Cohen, negotiated……
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Case of the Day: Carson v. Griffin
The case of the day is Carson v. Griffin (N.D. Cal. 2013). Fletcher Carson sued several defendants, including Walsh Griffin, Walsh Capital Group, Ivan Ahmed Azziz, Daniel Okwudili Nwankwo, Cisse Abdoulaye, and Ben Aka, on a variety of claims. I don’t attempt to summarize the claims of the pro se complaint. Griffin and Walsh Capital……
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The Association for Continuing Legal Education Recognizes International Judicial Assistance
A little bit of self-congratulation: the Association for Continuing Legal Education has given the 2013 Award of Outstanding Achievement to International Judicial Assistance: Serving Process, Obtaining Evidence, Enforcing Judgments and Awards (MCLE 2012). The book is a nuts-and-bolts guide to some key topics in international judicial assistance rather than a treatise or a scholarly work,……
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Case of the Day: VRG Linhas Aereas v. MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners II
The Case of the Day is VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. v. MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners II LP (2d Cir. 2013). MatlinPatterson is a private equity fund based in New York. In 2007, Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., a Brazilian airline, acting through GTI, its subsidiary, purchased VRG from two MatlinPatterson subsidiaries, Varig Logistica S.A. and……