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Case of the Day: RPost Holdings, Inc. v. Kagan
The case of the day, RPost Holdings, Inc. v. Kagan (E.D. Tex. 2012), is yet another example of why you shouldn’t let your lawyer communicate with the plaintiff if you intend to duck service. RPost sued Dmitry Kagan for trademark and patent infringement on account of pointofmail.com, a website it alleged Kagan owned. RPost attempted……
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Come hear the Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
One of the great things about having a blog is you can occasionally go off-topic. This is one of those times! I wanted to let readers in Boston and Cambridge know about an upcoming concert by the Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline, under the direction of Lisa Graham. On March 9 at 8 pm, at Harvard’s……
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Case of the Day: Greatship (India) Ltd. v. Marine Logistics Solutions, LLC
The case of the day, Greatship (India) Ltd. v. Marine Logistics Solutions, LLC (S.D.N.Y. 2012), is another example of what I think is an unfortunate trend in the cases: application of ordinary notions of personal jurisdiction in recognition and enforcement proceedings. Greatship was the owner of two Indian-flagged anchor handling tug supply vessels, the Greatship……
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Case of the Day: In re Marriage of Shults
The case of the day, In re Marriage of Shults (Minn. Ct. App. 2012), is the rare family law case (aside from international child abduction cases) that raises judicial assistance issues. Mr. and Mrs. Shults were married in 1984. In 2006, the family moved from Minnesota to Norway. In 2009, the wife and the couple’s……
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Update on the Belfast Project Appeal
The First Circuit has now consolidated the two pending appeals in the Belfast project case: Moloney & McIntyre’s appeal from the denial of their motion for leave to intervene in Boston College’s motion to quash, and their appeal from the dismissal of their complaint against the Attorney General. In a follow-on order setting the schedule,……