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Case of the Day: Via Vadis Controlling GmbH v. Skype, Inc.
The case of the day is Via Vadis Controlling GmbH v. Skype, Inc. (D. Del. 2013). Via Vadis is the exclusive licensee of a European patent, and it sued Skye Software S.A.R.L. for infringement in Germany. Via Vadis also applied to a Luxembourg court for an Ordonnance permitting court-appointed experts to search Skype Software’s offices……
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Rigby
The case of the day is In re Application of Rigby (S.D. Cal. 2013). In 2009, an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed concerning Michael R. Mastro. The bankruptcy judge found that Mastro and his wife had made false representations and had fraudulently transferred assets. He ordered their arrest. In 2012, they were arrested in France,……
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Service in Hong Kong: McIntire v. China MediaExpress Holdings
The case of the day is McIntire v. ChinaMediaExpress Holdings, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). The case was a putative class action alleging securities fraud against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Hong Kong SAR and others in connection with securities of China MediaExpress Holdings, Inc. The plaintiffs served Deloitte in Hong Kong by private process server on a……
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BREAKING: The Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Petition The Second Circuit for a Writ of Mandamus
An occasional Letters Blogatory correspondent who wishes to remain anonymous, Hal Holbrook to my Robert Redford, has pointed me to a new petition by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs for a writ of mandamus. The gist of the petition is that Judge Kaplan has, in various ways, violated the spirit of the Second Circuit’s mandate in……
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Case of the Day: Asarco v. Xstrata
The case of the day is Asarco LLC v. Xstrata plc (D. Utah 2013). The claim was for contribution under CERCLA. According to Xstrata’s characterization of the return of service, which for unclear reasons is not publicly available via PACER: [t]he documents were served by posting them through the defendant company’s letterbox at the registered……