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A Step Forward On Judgment Recognition
Friend of Letters Blogatory John Coyle has an important post up about efforts to get the United States to ratify the Convention on Choice of Court Agreements and the Judgments Convention. The United States was a prime mover in the negotiations that led to these two conventions and has signed both, but for years, US……
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Case of the Day: SEC v. Lahr
The case of the day is SEC v. Lahr (3d Cir. 2024). The SEC sought to serve Thomas Megas with process at his home in Switzerland in a civil securities fraud case. It sent a request for service to the Swiss central authority, which confirmed that the SEC had the right address for Megas but……
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Currency Conversion: Newer Isn’t Always Better
Friend of Letters Blogatory Bill Dodge had an interesting post at the Transnational Litigation Blog on Estate of Ke v. Yu, a new Fourth Circuit case suggesting that forum non conveniens should never be a defense in an award or judgment recognition case. I agree with that view 100%, because an enforcement case is (or……
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The 2024 Olympics Begin!
The Paris Games have begun! Here is my review of the NBC broadcast of the opening ceremonies and the ceremonies themselves. First, bravo to the Paris organizers for trying something new. The athletes floating down the Seine was fun and gave the cameras lots of opportunities to show of Paris from the air and the……
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Case of the Day: Webuild v. WSP
The case of the day is Webuild S.p.A. v. WSP USA, Inc. (2d Cir. 2024). It’s a Section 1782 case seeking evidence for use in an ICSID arbitration asserting violations of the Panama-Italy bilateral investment treaty. The question in the case was whether an ICSID arbitral tribunal is a foreign or international tribunal for purposes……