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Book of the Day: Arbitration of International Intellectual Property Disputes
Readers, check out the second edition of Arbitration of International Intellectual Property Disputes, just out from JURIS. My colleague David Evans and I have a chapter on choice of law and conflict of laws. Continue Reading Book of the Day: Arbitration of International Intellectual Property Disputes
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Case of the Day: Gorsoan v. Bullock
The case of the day is Gorsoan Ltd. v. Bullock (Fla. Cir. Ct. 2020). I came across the case on the website of friend of the blog George Benaur. I wrote about a related § 1782 proceeding in July 2020. The question in the case was whether the Florida courts should recognize and enforce a Mareva injunction, i.e., an asset-freeze injunction, entered……
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Lago Agrio: Second Circuit Affirms Donziger’s Pretrial Conditions of Release
In a non-precedential decision, the Second Circuit has affirmed the district court’s order denying Steven Donziger’s motion for relief from the conditions of his pretrial release, which has amounted to home confinement (with exceptions) while he awaits trial in May on the charges of criminal contempt. If you want to read bombastic takes on the decision, you……
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What’s In A Name? New Rules For The HCCH Conventions
Readers, I would like to invite you to participate with me in what may be a Sisyphean task—to change the names we give to the HCCH conventions when we speak or write about them. Instead of calling it the “Hague Service Convention,” or, heaven forbid, the “Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad……
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Case of the Day: Ford v. Montana
The case of the day is Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (S. Ct. 2021). It’s a personal jurisdiction decision that keeps the law from going off the rails but also may be important in its future implications. The case involved a car accident that took place in one US state, the state where……