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Chafin v. Chafin: New Hague Abduction Convention Case before the United States Supreme Court
Update (12/5/12): the case was argued in the Supreme Court today. There is some coverage at the Daily Record, and SCOTUSBlog has an argument preview. Charles T. Kotuby Jr. is U.S. Co-Editor for ConflictofLaws.net and Senior Associate in the Global Disputes Practice at Jones Day in Washington D.C. The Supreme Court on Monday added one……
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Case of the Day: Yates v. Cheung
The case of the day is Yates v. Cheung (N.D. Cal. 2012). Craig Yates, who uses a wheelchair, alleged that several businesses apparently located in a single building were not accessible to him. He asserted claims under the Americans With Disability Act and California law against the businesses and their landlords, Yee Mei Cheung, Tat……
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Hacked! (Or something)
Something very bad happened to the Letters Blogatory server tonight (Aug. 14). You can see the website doesn’t work right. It doesn’t look the way it should, and none of my internal links are working. I am burning the midnight oil trying to set things right. Fortunately I had a backup, so almost no text……
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Case of the Day: Schneider v. Kingdom of Thailand
The case of the day is Schneider v. Kingdom of Thailand (2d Cir. 2012). Schneider was the German equivalent of the bankruptcy trustee of Walter Bau AG, a German firm whose predecessor in interest had made an investment in a Thai toll road between 1989 and 1997. Walter Bau initiated an arbitration under the German-Thai……