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Case of the Day: Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping
The case of the day is Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd. (E.D. La. 2022). I love this case. Kholkar Ganpat, an Indian national, was a seaman on the M/V Stargate, a ship operated by Eastern Pacific Singapore, a Singapore company. The vessel had traveled from Savannah, Georgia to Gabon, and then to Brazil.……
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Case of the Day: Sinox Co. v. Yifeng Manufacturing Co.
The case of the day is Sinox Co. v. Yifeng Manufacturing Co. (W.D. Tex. 2022). In light of my recent post on service by electronic means at the Transnational Litigation Blog, which dealt with prospects for addressing the tension between the Service Convention and current practice in the US courts, I thought I would use……
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Case of the Day: CDM Smith v. Atasi
The case of the day is CDM Smith, Inc. v. Atasi (D. Mass. 2022). CDM is a Massachusetts engineering and construction firm. Khalil Atasi was a senior vice president who managed the company’s operations in Saudi Arabia. Although he was an employee at will, in order to obtain permission to work in Saudi Arabia, he……
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Case of the Day: Badgerow v. Walters
The case of the day is Badgerow v. Walters (S. Ct. 2022). Denise Badgerow was a financial advisor who worked for REJ Properties. REJ was run by Greg Walters and others. Badgerow, whose employment contract had an arbitration clause, brought an arbitration against Walters under federal law and state law for wrongful termination. The arbitrators……
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Case of the Day: Al-Saadi v. Annchery Fajas USA
The case of the day is Al-Saadi v. Annchery Fajas USA, Inc. (S.D. Fla. 2022). If you want to know how I felt after reading the decision, take a look at the image to the right. The opinion doesn’t explain what the case is about. The plaintiffs, Humam Sarmad Al-Saadi and Celebrities Center for General……