Author: Ted Folkman

  • Case of the Day: Hudson Financial Corp. v. Autoliv Steering Wheels Mexico

    The case of the day is Hudson Financial Corp. v. Autoliv Steering Wheels Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. (N.D. Ohio 2012). The claim was that Autoliv had bought goods from Red Rock Stamping and Tremont Manufacturing, both of which had assigned their accounts receivable to Hudson Financial, the plaintiff. Hudson sued Autoliv Steering, a……

  • Belfast Project: The Government Opposes the Application for a Stay

    Yesterday the government filed its opposition to Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre’s application to Justice Breyer for a stay in the Belfast Project case. In an earlier order, Justice Breyer had granted a temporary stay pending the government’s opposition. The brief was filed by Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. It makes two kinds of……

  • New French Case On Choice Of Court Agreements

    Friend of Letters Blogatory Gilles Cuniberti recently posted on an interesting new decision of the French Cour de cassation on choice of court agreements under Article 23 of the Brussels I regulation. The case involved a dispute between a depositor and her bank. The agreement between the two provided that the depositor could sue the……

  • Case of the Day: Russo v. Alonso

    The case of the day is Russo v. Alonso (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). Timothy and Annette Russo were involved in a traffic accident in Phoenix. They noted the license plate number on the other vehicle, and the police officer who came to the scene identified the other vehicle as belonging to Jose Arsenio Ramirez Alonso,……

  • Case of the Day: J&H International v. Karaca Zucciye Tic. San A.S.

    The case of the day is J&H International v. Karaca Zucciye Tic. San A.S. (D.N.J. 2012). J&H had a contract with Karaca Zucciye (known as “KRC”) for the sale of more than $2.6 million of stainless steel cutlery stamped or etched with KRC’s name. J&H was a New Jersey business, but its factory was in……