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By Ted Folkman

Author: Ted Folkman

  • Case to Watch: Linde v. Arab Bank

    H/T to Alison Frankel for the pointer to the oral arguments in Linde v. Arab Bank plc, which was heard in the Second Circuit earlier this week. The case is timely in light of the recent ABA resolution on Aérospatiale and foreign data protection laws. The claim in the case is the the Arab Bank,……

  • Case of the Day: New York State Thruway Authority v. Fenech

    The case of the day is New York State Thruway Authority v. Fenech (N.Y. App. Div. 2012). The question was whether service by mail is permissible where the defendant is in Canada. There was no question in the case that New York law permitted service by mail; the question was whether the service also comported……

  • Case of the Day: Negrepontis-Giannisis v. Greece

    HT to Pietro Franzina for a pointer to the case of the day, Negrepontis-Giannisis v. Greece (ECHR 2011). Nikolaos Negrepontis-Giannisis was born in Athens in 1964. He had always been close with his uncle, who was born Mikhail Negrepontis, but who was renamed Timotheos when he was ordained in the Greek Orthodox church. At age……

  • Lago Agrio Central

    As the Lago Agrio litigation threatens to spiral out of control continues chugging along, keeping track of everything that’s going on becomes increasingly unwieldy. Therefore, I have created a new page, called Lago Agrio Central, that indexes most Letters Blogatory coverage of the case from January 2011 forward. You can find a link to the……

  • Case of the Day: Owen v. Sports Gymnastics Federation of Russia

    The case of the day is Owen v. Sports Gymnastics Federation of Russia (D. Me. 2012). The plaintiff, Charles Owen, is acting pro se. I wish him luck—I don’t think anyone should try to pull off a transnational litigation without a good lawyer! The complaint alleges that Owen is the “webmaster” for several “official websites”……