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Case of the Day: Baikowitz v. Jacobson
Happy new year! The case of the day is Baikowitz v. Jacobson (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2023). Baikowitz, the curator of his father’s property, sued Jacobson in Montreal seeking to recover $750,000, which he said his father had invested in several of Jacobson’s projects, on the grounds that his father had been mentally impaired when he……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Meta
The case of the day is United States v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2023). The Korean central authority made a request to the US central authority for judicial assistance under the Evidence Convention in aid of a Korean internet defamation lawsuit where the defendant’s identity was unknown. The letter of request sought technical and……
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In Memoriam Sandra Day O’Connor
Letters Blogatory remembers Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court. She will be remembered for her opinions in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Grutter v. Bollinger, and other important constitutional decisions. Some of these, including the two decisions I mentioned, have not stood the test of time, at least as things……
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UK To Sign Judgments Convention
The United Kingdom has announced that it will the Judgments Convention in the near future. Note the word “sign,” not “ratify.” Several states, including the United States, have signed the Convention but not ratified it. The UK’s announcement does not set out a time for ratification, but it notes that ratification will not occur until……
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Paper of the Day: Jie Huang on Contracting Out of the Service Convention
Friend of Letters Blogatory Jie (Jeanne) Huang (University of Sydney Faculty of Law) has posted a new paper: “Can Private Parties Contract Out of The Hague Service Convention?” The paper makes an important contribution by observing that the states that have objected to service by postal channels under the Service Convention do not always object……