Author: Ted Folkman

  • Greatest Hits: January to April 2011

    It’s been nearly four months since the launch of Letters Blogatory, and I decided to take a look at the aggregate statistics for the blog—which Cases of the Day have attracted the most attention? It turns out there are four cases that have gotten the most attention, by which I mean that their page views……

  • Case of the Day: Chamberlain v. Integraclick, Inc.

    The case of the day, Chamberlain v. Integraclick, Inc. (N.D. Fla. 2011), involves an attempt to serve process on a Canadian defendant. I am not a fan of the reasoning in this case. Chamberlain, Newcomer, and Adler, on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated, sued 1021018 Alberta Ltd., d/b/a Just Think Media, an Alberta corporation, and……

  • Case of the Day: Sanchez v. Lord

    HT to Antonin I. Pribetic for his post on the case of the day, Sanchez v. Lord (Mo. Ct. App. 2011), the first case of the day applying the SPEECH Act. Our previous coverage of the Act, which provides a rule of non-recognition for foreign defamation judgments that do not comply with U.S. constitutional law,……

  • Case of the Day: Sojitz Corp. v. Prithvi Information Solutions Ltd.

    HT to Gary Born and Thomas Snider, whose recent post at the Kluwer Arbitration Blog brought to light the Case of the Day, Sojitz Corp. v. Prithvi Information Solutions Ltd. (App. Div. 2011). (Conflict of Laws.net also has a post on the case). Sojitz involves an aspect of judicial assistance that we haven’t previously considered here, namely,……

  • Case of the Day: Playboy Enterprises v. Smartitan

    The case of the day, Playboy Enters. Int’l, Inc. v. Smartitan (Singapore) PTE Ltd. (N.D. Ill. 2011), is, I am sorry to say, our second case from the “adult entertainment” industry. In today’s case Playboy was licensing its trademarks for use on clothing and women’s bags to be sold in Japan, which makes the case less……