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Case of the Day: Freedom Watch v. OPEC
The case of the day is Freedom Watch v. OPEC (D.D.C. 2013). Freedom Watch, a right-wing organization that accuses the “Obama-Clinton regime” of “using the economic crisis as an excuse to turn our nation into a socialist Euro-style welfare state,” sued OPEC on antitrust theories. I am going to go out on a limb here……
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Case of the Day: Alder v. Orłowska
IJA Brigade member Fanny Cornette is back with a look a Alder v. Orłowska, a new case from the European Court of Justice on fictitious service of process or notification au parquet in the European Union. Readers may recall that the case came up in the comments to Peter Bert’s piece on The Hague Service……
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Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group: A Reply to Ted Folkman
Cross-posted at The Trial Warrior. My blawging colleague, Ted Folkman over at Letters Blogatory, has an informative post about Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group, Inc. (D. Md. 2013) a recent Maryland District Court decision dealing with service of process under the Hague Service Convention (“Syncrude”). In Syncrude, the Plaintiff, Syncrude Canada Ltd. (“Syncrude”……
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Case of the Day: Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group
The case of the day is Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group, Inc. (D. Md. 2013). Syncrude sued Highland and two affiliates (two were Delaware corporations with offices in Maryland, the third a Swiss company doing business in Switzerland) in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench for breach of a consulting contract. The Highland……
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MBS Moda v. Fuzzi SpA: Service By Mail Revisited
The case of the day is MBS Moda, Inc. v. Fuzzi S.p.A. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2013). Fuzzi, a women’s clothing designer and manufacturer in Rimini, Italy, had a contract with MBS Moda under which MBS was Fuzzi’s agent and sales representative in New York and was entitled to as 12% commission on sales. MBS sued……