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Germany’s Position on Pre-Trial Discovery Softens!
Peter Bert, of Taylor Wessig, with important developments from Germany on execution of requests under Article 23 of the Hague Evidence Convention. This is cross-posted at his blog, Dispute Resolution in Germany. You read it here first, back in 2013, but at the time with a question mark, and then again in 2014 and 2015.……
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Case of the Day: Microsoft v. Weidmann Electrical Technology
The case of the day is Microsoft Corp. v. Weidmann Electrical Technology, Inc. (D. Vt. 2016). Weidmann was a Vermont corporation with offices in St. Johnsbury. Its corporate parent was WICOR Holding AG, a Swiss company that, with its subsidiaries, is a multi-national manufacturer of medical equipment. Weidmann had a licensing agreement with Microsoft that……
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Case of the Day: Judicial Authority of Ohio v. Mann
The case of the day is Judicial Authority of Ohio v. Mann (Jerusalem Magistrate Court 2016). I don’t have the text of the opinion, unfortunately, but I got a pointer to the case from Eric Sherby’s Globalit blog. The case involved a letter of request under the Hague Evidence Convention seeking discovery in aid of……
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Case of the Day: Topsnik v. United States
The case of the day is Topsnik v. United States (Fed. Cl. 2016). Gerd Topsnik was “a German resident who formerly had business interests in the United States.” He brought claims for damages, asserting that the government had wrongfully levied taxes on him. (In fact, his claims should have been brought as claims for a……
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Paper of the Day: Vivian Curran on “US Discovery and Foreign Blocking Statutes”
Readers, I recommend to you Vivian Curran’s forthcoming paper titled “US Discovery and Foreign Blocking Statutes.”