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Project Belfast: Judge Young Denies Motion To Quash
We have been closely following the Boston College Project Belfast case. If you haven’t been following, this is the case in which the government, at the request of the UK authorities, issued a subpoena to Boston College’s Project Belfast for oral histories that BC researchers took from participants in the Northern Ireland conflict. The researchers……
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Case of the Day: Gucci America v. Li
Today’s case of the day, Gucci America, Inc. v. Li (S.D.N.Y. 2011), reprises the issues confronted in Tiffany (NJ) LLC v. Qi, 276 F.R.D. 143 (S.D.N.Y. 2011),the case of the day from August 17, 2011. Gucci and its affiliates sued Weixing Li, Lijun Xu, Ting Xu, and Kuelala.com, alleging that they were the owners and……
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Update on the Belfast Project Case: The Proposed Intervenors’ New Brief
We return today to the Belfast Project saga. If you haven’t been following this, the case involves a request by the government of the UK for judicial assistance under the US/UK mutual legal assistance treaty for issuance of a subpoena to obtain oral histories that participants in the Northern Ireland conflict gave to researchers at……
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Case of the Day: TracFone Wireless v. Doe
The case of the day TracFone Wireless, Inc. v. Doe (S.D. Fla. 2011), is one of those rare cases that is so wrong that I hope it does not get into the F. Supp.2d, so as to avoid misleading lawyers. First, a summary of the case. Tracfone filed a John Doe complaint against unknown defendants……
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Case of the Day: Bower v. Bower
The case of the day is Bower v. Bower (D. Mass. 2011). Bower and El-Nady were divorced. Bower claimed that El-Nady abducted their children from their home in Massachusetts to Egypt. Bower sued El-Nady for interference with custodial relations, negligent infliction of emotional distress, loss of consortium, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.……