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Case of the Day: Valambhia v. Tanzania
The case of the day is Valambhia v. United Republic of Tanzania (D.D.C. 2019). In 1985, the Tanzanian Ministry of Defense contracted with Transport Equipment Ltd. for tanks, troop carriers, and other military equipment. Tanzania paid the amount due under the contract for a few years through the Bank of Tanzania. In 1989, Transport Equipment……
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Lago Agrio: Supreme Court of Canada Denies Ecuadorans’ Application for Leave to Appeal
Yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada denied an application by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs for leave to appeal from the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in May 2018, which held that the Lago Agrio plaintiffs cannot reach the assets of Chevron’s indirect subsidiary in Canada to satisfy the judgment against Chevron they obtained……
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Case of the Day: Dumas v. Tenacity Construction
The case of the day is Dumas v. Tenacity Construction Inc. (Mass. App. Ct. 2019). It isn’t a traditional Letters Blogatory case, but it’s instructive on the practicalities of challenging service after judgment.
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Case of the Day: Motorola v. Hytera
The case of the day is Motorola Solutions, Inc. v. Hytera Communications Corp. (N.D. Ill. 2019). Motorola sought a forensic examination of several Hytera computers in China. The court denied the motion for reasons mostly having to with the timeliness of the request, which we need not consider here. But in an extended dictum, the……
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Case of the Day: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution v. ATS Specialized
The case of the day is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution v. ATS Specialized, Inc. (D. Mass. 2019). WHOI agreed to loan the Deep Sea Challenger, a submarine, to Australian National Maritime Museum. During transit, the submarine caught fire and was damaged. WHOI sued the museum, which is wholly owned by the Australian government, for breach……