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Case of the Day: Zeevi Holdings Ltd. v. Republic of Bulgaria
The Case of the Day, Zeevi Holdings Ltd. v. Republic of Bulgaria (S.D.N.Y. 2011), is an unusual case involving the intersection between the New York Convention and exclusive choice of forum agreements. Zeevi, an Israeli firm, had a contract with an agency of the Bulgarian government (but not with Bulgaria itself) to purchase shares in……
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Case of the Day: Peiker Acustic, Inc. v. Kennedy
I don’t like the plaintiffs’ style in the Case of the Day, Peiker Acustic, Inc. v. Kennedy (D. Colo. 2011). Peiker, a German firm, sued Kennedy in the Circuit Court for Oakland County, Michigan, for defamation. Kennedy did not reside in Michigan, but Peiker had a place of business there. Kennedy removed the case to……
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Digest for April 13, 2011
Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. Sunstrike International, Ltd. (S.D. Fla. 2011). Granting a motion to serve a Hong Kong company via letter of request to the central authority and via mail.
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Case of the Day: Lake Road Trust Ltd. v. ABB Powertech
The case of the day, Lake Road Trust, Ltd. v. ABB Powertech (Pty) Ltd. (Conn. Super. Ct. 2011), involves a challenge to service of process under the Hague Service Convention in Sweden. Lake Road owned and operated a power plant in Connecticut. Naphthenics, a Swedish firm, supplied insulating oil for the transformers used in the……
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Case of the Day: NewMarket Corp. v. Innospec Inc.
The case of the day, NewMarket Corp. v. Innospec Inc. (E.D. Va. 2011), is an example of the use of ordinary discovery techniques to avoid the need to seek discovery from a foreign source under the Hague Evidence Convention. Both parties were in the business of selling gasoline additives. NewMarket claimed that Innospec had given……