Author: Ted Folkman

  • Case of the Day: Calderon v. Experian Information Solutions

    The case of the day is Calderon v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (D. Idaho 2012). Jose Luis Calderon sued Experian for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. He sought to take the depositions of three employees of Experian Services Chile, S.A., Experian’s “sister corporation,” located in Santiago. The witnesses were people who had “processed……

  • Are you Going to the ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting?

    Readers, if you will be at the ABA International Law Spring Meeting in Washington later this month, and you would like to participate in an informal Letters Blogatory meet-up, please let me know! I would love to meet some of you in person. Depending on the response I get, I will make some suggestions about……

  • Case of the Day: Khan Resources v. Atomredmetzoloto

    We return today to Khan Resources Inc. v. Atomredmetzoloto JSC, the case of the day from March 23, 2012. Thanks to IJA Brigade member Antonin Pribetić for bringing the case again to my attention! Here was my summary of the case from the prior post: Khan Resources, Inc. and some affiliates entered into a joint……

  • Case of the Day: Zhang v. Baidu.com

    The case of the day is Zhang v. Baidu.com, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). The plaintiffs were Jian Zhang, Guang Yang, Wa Xue, Tian Cheng Wang, Liqun Chen, Shenqi Fu, Shuyuan Song, and Yuhong Zhang, who described themselves as “promoters of democracy in China through their writings, publications and reporting of pro-democracy events.” They sued Baidu.com, the……

  • Smith v. Johansen: Service by Drone?

    The case of the day is Smith v. Johansen (D. Mass. 2013). The underlying facts are prosaic and unimportant: Alonzo Smith, the owner of a company that manufactures long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones,” for both military and civilian purposes (more on that in a minute), had lent money to Einar Johansen, a geologist and……