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Case of the Day: Diamond Films Netherlands v. TV Azteca
The case of the day is Diamond Films Netherlands Cooperatief v. TV Azteca S.A.B. de C.V. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2024). Diamond sued TV Azteca in New York to enforce a Renegotiation and Free Television Output Agreement between the parties. Its lawyers sent a letter of request to the Mexican central authority (under the Hague Service……
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Case of the Day: Iraq Telecom v. Mustafa
The case of the day is Iraq Telecom Ltd. v. Mustafa (E.D. Pa. 2024). In 2019, Iraq Telecom filed an ex parte application under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 seeking leave to serve a subpoena on Dechert LLP seeking evidence for use in an ICC arbitration against Mustafa and others and a prospective lawsuit in the……
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Thoughts after the Murder of Hersh Goldbeg-Polin and the Other Hostages
I am devastated and angered by the news of the murders of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages in Rafah. Hersh, an American Israeli, became the face of the hostage crisis in America. In part that was due to Hersh himself. Many young American Jews who visited Israel, including one of my children, got to……
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The Special Commission on Documentary Evidence under the Evidence Convention
Today I am highlighting the conclusions and recommendations of the 2024 Special Commission relating to Article 23 of the Evidence Convention. Article 23 provides that states may, if they wish, declare that they will “not execute Letters of Request issued for the purpose of obtaining pre-trial discovery of documents as known in Common Law countries.”……
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The Dover Amendment and the FSIA
The First Church in Somerville, Massachusetts, has a plan to renovate part of the church building and rent it out to the Somerville Homeless Coalition, a secular group that aids the homeless, according to a report in the Boston Globe. Under the plan, the Coalition will house the homeless in the new space (the Coalition……