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By Ted Folkman

Author: Ted Folkman

  • Case of the Day: Jenner v. Ecoplus

    The case of the day is Jenner v. Ecoplus, Inc. (N.C. Ct. App. 2012). Matthew Jenner and Julia Markson, both UK nationals, lent money to Ecoplus, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation doing business in North Carolina. Ecoplus defaulted on the loans, and Jenner and Markson sued in the Western District of North Carolina. But Ecoplus moved……

  • Year In Review: Who Are You, And Why Are You Here?

    As I hope all readers know, I have a very strict privacy policy, and I don’t use Google Analytics, Twitter share buttons, or any other tools that would allow Big Brother to track your visits to Letters Blogatory. But I like to look at the statistics myself to see where in the world you live,……

  • A New Paper On Shipwrecks

    As a Christmas treat, I am pleased to be able to reprint, with the author’s kind permission, IJA member Jie Huang’s new paper, “Legal Battles over Underwater Shipwrecks in the High Seas: The Case of the Odyssey.” The paper is also available at the ASIL website. It is especially interesting to hear from Chinese scholars……

  • The Year in Review: The Second Circuit Steps to the Plate

    As I did last year, I am closing out 2012 with a couple of “year in review” posts. This gives me a chance to look back and see if I can spot themes in the past year in the wild and wonderful world of international judicial assistance. As a New Englander it gives me no……

  • Belfast Project: Amici Support Moloney & McIntyre

    At least four amici have filed briefs in support of Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre’s petition for a writ of certiorari in the Belfast Project case. Here they are, without any editorial comment from me: Irish-American Groups’ Brief Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press’s Brief Article 19: Global Campaign For Free Expression’s Brief Social……