Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Author: Ted Folkman

  • Case of the Day: Fraserside IP LLC v. Youngtek Solutions Ltd.

    The case of the day is Fraserside IP, LLC v. Youngtek Solutions Ltd. (N.D. Iowa 2011). Who knew that the “adult entertainment” industry on the internet would yield so many cases of the day (e.g., BluMedia v. Sordid Ones and Playboy Enterprises v. Smartitan) ? In today’s case, Fraserside, an Iowa subsidiary of Fraserside Holdings,……

  • Case of the Day: Costa v. Celebrity Cruises

    The case of the day is Costa v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc. (S.D. Fla. 2011), involved a motion to vacate an arbitral award. The case repeats what I think is a mistake about the relationship between Article V of the New York Convention and motions to vacate or set aside awards made in the US. I……

  • Case of the Day: In re SNP Boat Service SA

    The case of the day is In re SNP Boat Service SA (Bankr. S.D. Fla.). The court’s opinion is very short, which is unfortunate, because the case seems quite interesting and the court does not lay out all the facts. But the outlines seem clear enough. The case involves foreign intransigence about US discovery and……

  • Letters Blogatory Editorial Policy Update

    Like any blogger who covers developments in the case law, I sometimes cover cases involving persons or companies accused of unsavory things. Yesterday I received a comment from a reader who said that he was the victim of one of the alleged fraudsters I’ve written about. The comment didn’t have to do with the substance……

  • Case of the Day: InvestorsHub.com v. Mina Mar Group

    Mina Mar Group, the Canadian firm featured on March 22, is back in the Letters Blogatory news today. The last time we discussed Mina Mar, it was in the context of Belmont Partners, LLC v. Mina Mar Group, Inc., a case where Mina Mar tried, both in Canada and in the US, to escape from……