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Digest for April 1, 2011
In re FG Wilson (Engineering) Ltd. (S.D. Fla. 2011).There was no requirement under Colombian law that a litigant there seek leave of court before applying to a U.S. court for judicial assistance, and even if there were, it still would not have been error to grant an application for judicial assistance, as evasion of foreign……
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Case of the Day: Hubei Gezhouba Sanlian Indus. Co. v. Robinson Helicopter Co.
Today’s case of the day, Hubei Gezhouba Sanlian Indus., Co. v. Robinson Helicopter Co. (9th Cir. 2011) (mem.), is all of one paragraph long, but it is highly interesting. According to the District Court’s decision, here are the facts: The plaintiffs, Sanlian and Pinghu, were Chinese firms doing business in Hubei Province. The defendant, Robinson Helicopter Co., was a California firm.……
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Case of the Day: DRC, Inc. v. Republic of Honduras
The case of the day, DRC, Inc. v. Republic of Honduras (D.D.C. 2011), is an action to enforce an arbitral award made in Honduras. It is also the first case of the day arising under the Panama Convention. (Why does the Panama Convention, rather than the New York Convention, apply? The FAA has an express……
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New Features on Letters Blogatory
I hope readers have found the two case digest pages to be useful. (If you haven’t found these yet, look at the menu bar at the top of the browser window. One is labeled “Topical Digest”, the other “Digest by Jurisdiction”. If you’re reading this on a feed reader, you can find the topical digest……
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Gustavo Lamelas on the Judicial Assistance Statute
The March 2011 issue of the International Bar Association’s Arbitration News is out. Of particular interest in an article by Gustavo J. Lamelas of DLA Piper: The Evolving Standards for Extending US Discovery Assistance to International Arbitration. Lamelas notes that Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices has sparked “intense efforts to extend [the judicial assistance……