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Case of the Day: SEC v. Bowerman
The case of the day is SEC v. Bowerman (D. Mass. 2024). The SEC brought a securities fraud claim against Bowerman, who lived in the UK. According to the return of service, a “private process server” personally served the papers on Bowerman at an address in England. The SEC moved for entry of default when……
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Case of the Day: PNC Bank v. Baglien
The case of the day is PNC Bank v. Baglien (S.D. Tex. 2024). Friend of Letters Blogatory Maggie Gardner has a good post up about the case at the Transnational Litigation Blog. PNC sought to serve Baglien by process server in Calgary after a “skip trace” found an address for him there, but the effort……
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Case of the Day: Puris v. TikTok
The case of the day is Puris v. TikTok Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2024). Puris sued TikTok, Inc., a US company, and ByteDance Ltd., a Chinese company with a registered address in the Cayman Islands, for employment discrimination and related claims. TikTok waived service of process, and Puris served process on ByteDance Ltd. in the Cayman Islands.……
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Case of the Day: Zobay v. MTN Group Ltd.
The case of the day is Zobay v. MTN Group Ltd. (E.D.N.Y. 2024). The claim is that the defendants, including ZTE and Huawei, conspired with foreign terrorist organizations “targeting Americans in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Europe.” The plaintiffs brought claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act on behalf of people “killed or wounded while serving……