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From the Blogatory Lago Agrio Desk
The Chevron Lago Agrio case has spawned a wave of judicial assistance applications here in the United States (some of which we’ve covered here and here). So while the latest development is not strictly relevant to Letters Blogatory’s usual scope of coverage, I thought readers would appreciate a link to Chevron’s massive complaint against the……
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Case of the Day: In re Search of Premises
In the case of the day, In re Search of Premises Located at at 840 140th Ave. NE, Bellevue, Wash. (9th Cir. 2011), the Russian government sought judicial assistance in aid of its criminal investigation of Arkady Gontmakher for illegal crabbing. The United States and Russia are parties to a mutual legal assistance treaty, which requires the……
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New Features at Letters Blogatory
I’ve put a Topical Digest tab at the top of the Letters Blogatory homepage. It gives links to each of the cases we’ve covered, categorized by the kind of proceeding. I’ve excluded the law review articles we’ve noted and the purely domestic cases we’ve summarized. I’ll keep this updated as we add new cases. Also,……
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From the Blogatory Meteorology Desk
I’m putting together a Hague Service Convention application for Bermuda today for a pending case in the D. Mass. And it was 5F / -15C while I waited for my train in Boston this morning. Which leads to my modest proposal for a new requirement under the Convention: when the temperature in the sending state……
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Digest: January 16, 2011
Gannon Int’l, Ltd. v. Blocker, Civ. A. No. 10-835 (E.D. Mo. Jan. 13, 2011). The court approved service of a summons and complaint by personal delivery to a U.S. citizen defendant in Vietnam (not a party to the Hague Service Convention) under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(2)(C)(i), on the grounds that Vietnam law does not……