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News of the Day: Perry v. Duoyuan Printing, Inc.
My colleague Dan Lyne called to my attention Perry v. Duoyuan Printing, Inc., a putative class action in the Southern District of New York alleging securities fraud against a Chinese company whose stock trades in the US and is registered with the SEC. According to the Complaint, Duoyuan Printing made an initial public offering in……
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Case of the Day: Nasr v. El-Harke
The case of the day, Nasr v. El-Harke (Minn. Ct. App. 2011), involves recognition and enforcement of a Lebanese child custody order. Ordinarily I do not cover the child custody cases my Westlaw query captures, which generally arise under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. For one thing, there are……
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The History of Judicial Assistance
A while back I wrote about the United Company Rusal v. Trafigura case, the only case I know of with a really serious discussion of why the district courts have subject-matter jurisdiction over applications for judicial assistance. I threatened promised to come back to the jurisdictional question as time permitted. As a first step, I……
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Case of the Day: Capital Airline Engine Leasing, LLC v. European Aviation Air Charter, Ltd.
The case of the day is Capital Airline Engine Leasing, LLC v. European Aviation Air Charter, Ltd. (C.D. Ill. 2011). Capital sued European Aviation Air Charter, an English firm, and sought to serve it via the Hague Service Convention. But the summons directed to EAAC was returned unexecuted. Two lawyers entered appearances for EAAC and……
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Case of the Day: JB Custom, Inc. v. Amadeo Rossi, S.A.
The case of the day is JB Custom, Inc. v. Amadeo Rossi, S.A. (N.D. Ind. 2011). JB Custom, a firearm manufacturer, designed and sold the “Mare’s Leg”, a custom lever-action gun. It sued Amadeo Rossi and Forjas Taurus, two Brazilian firms, for trademark infringement and for breach of an “exclusivity agreement”. JB Custom attempted to……