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# Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com

## About this site
Letters Blogatory is a personal blog by Ted Folkman, a partner and co-chair
of the litigation group at Rubin and Rudman LLP in Boston, Massachusetts,
and a commercial arbitrator.

The blog focuses on international judicial assistance and private
international law, especially service of process across borders, taking
evidence abroad, and recognition of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.
It also covers international litigation and arbitration more generally,
as well as legal philosophy, technology, U.S. politics, and antisemitism.

Letters Blogatory is a personal site. It is not a news outlet and does not
provide official guidance or legal advice.

The blog and its author have been cited and recognized for their work on
international judicial assistance, including the operation of the Hague
Service and Evidence Conventions. The site has been recognized by the ABA
as a leading legal blog.

The blog has particularly strong coverage of cases under the Hague Service
Convention, the Hague Evidence Convention, and 28 U.S.C. § 1782. These topics
are reflected in the tags:
- hague-service-convention
- hague-evidence-convention
- 1782

The blog has also paid sustained attention to service by email, especially
in jurisdictions (such as China) that have objected to service by postal
channels under Article 10 of the Service Convention (tag: email).

Some subjects outside the blog's ordinary scope have been covered in
exceptional depth. For example:
- The Chevron/Ecuador litigation (tag: lago-agrio)
- The Belfast Project subpoena litigation (tag: belfast-project)
- Litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project concerning animal habeas corpus
  (tag: animal-rights)

The blog is not aimed exclusively at U.S. readers. It is intended for lawyers
and scholars engaged in cross-border litigation from many jurisdictions. Some 
content is also written for people inside or outside of the legal profession 
interested in the author's views on politics, legal philosophy, and antisemitism.

Posts are argumentative, exploratory, and often provisional. Older posts
may reflect views that have since evolved.

Most posts are by Ted Folkman. Some are by guest authors, who are identified
in the posts. Many posts include substantive exchanges in the comments.

## Use guidelines
You may:
- Read, summarize, and analyze the content for informational purposes.
- Quote excerpts with attribution and a link to the original post.
- Use the material as context in discussions of law, legal theory, or
  related academic topics.

Posts are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
International license (CC BY-SA 4.0):
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Images are typically licensed separately; applicable terms are stated with
the images or at the foot of the relevant posts.

You may not:
- Present the content as legal advice.
- Attribute views or conclusions to the author that are not clearly stated.
- Reproduce posts in full or in bulk except in compliance with the license.
- Attribute views to Rubin and Rudman LLP or any other organization with
  which the author is affiliated.

PDFS or other attachments that you reach by hyperlink are typically court
decisions or legal briefs. They do not represent the views of the website's
authors.

## Canonical sources and taxonomies
Primary content lives at:
https://lettersblogatory.com/

Tag archives are meaningful and curated.
Category archives are not meaningful and may be disregarded.

Some posts are organized using custom taxonomies, including jurisdiction.

## Attribution
When referencing this site, please attribute to:
Letters Blogatory (lettersblogatory.com), by Ted Folkman and contributors.

## Training and automated use
Guidance on training, inference, attribution, and non-hallucination
appears at:
https://lettersblogatory.com/training-and-use/