Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Author: Ted Folkman

  • Briefs of the Day: Law Professor Amici Weigh In on the Chevron Injunction

    H/T to International Law Grrls and Opinio Juris for their posts on dueling amicus briefs in Chevron Corp. v. Naranjo, the case now on appeal in the Second Circuit,  in which Chevron sought and obtained a preliminary injunction barring the Lago Agrio plaintiffs from seeking recognition and enforcement of the multi-billion dollar Ecuadorian judgment against……

  • Case of the Day: Dyer v. Can-Truck, Inc.

    In the case of the day, Dyer v. Can-Truck, Inc. (N.D. Ohio 2011), Frank Dyer alleged that while he was riding a motorcycle near Lima, Ohio, he was injured when struck by a truck driven by Jaswinder Sekhon and owned by Can-Truck, Inc. Sekhon resided in Ontario, and Can-Truck had its place of business there.……

  • Case of the Day: New Jersey v. Merrill Lynch & Co.

    It’s been a fairly slow week in judicial assistance, so I’ve reached a little outside the Letters Blogatory scope of coverage for today’s case of the day, New Jersey v. Merrill Lynch & Co. (3d Cir. 2011). The case illustrates a trap for the unwary in drafting forum selection clauses. In an earlier post, I……

  • Article of the Day: Beale, Lugar, and Schwarz on the Judicial Assistance Statute and Arbitration

    Kenneth Beale, Justin Lugar, and Franz Schwarz, all lawyers with WilmerHale, have a new article on the applicability of the judicial assistance statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1782, to international arbitration: Solving the § 1782 Puzzle: Bringing Certainty to the Debate Over 28 U.S.C. § 1782’s Application to International Arbitration, 47 Stan. J. Int’l L. 51……

  • The Digests are Up To Date!

    A few of you—a very few—responded to my invitation to weigh in on whether to keep the digests up and running, but the vote was unanimously in favor. And so … both the topical digest and the digest by jurisdiction are up to now up to date!