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Case of the Day: In re SNP Boat Service SA
The case of the day is In re SNP Boat Service SA (Bankr. S.D. Fla.). The court’s opinion is very short, which is unfortunate, because the case seems quite interesting and the court does not lay out all the facts. But the outlines seem clear enough. The case involves foreign intransigence about US discovery and……
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Case of the Day: Government of Ghana v. ProEnergy Services, LLC
The case of the day is Government of Ghana v. ProEnergy Services, LLC (W.D. Mo. 2011). Ghana had entered into a contract with Balkan Energy Limited for the refurbishment of a power plant in Ghana. ProEnergy Services, LLC was the prime subcontractor. Balkan claimed that Ghana had breached the contract by failing to provide a……
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Case of the Day: Dyer v. Can-Truck, Inc.
In the case of the day, Dyer v. Can-Truck, Inc. (N.D. Ohio 2011), Frank Dyer alleged that while he was riding a motorcycle near Lima, Ohio, he was injured when struck by a truck driven by Jaswinder Sekhon and owned by Can-Truck, Inc. Sekhon resided in Ontario, and Can-Truck had its place of business there.……
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Case of the Day: In re Application of High Point SARL
In the case of the day, In re Application of High Point SARL (N.D. Ill. 2011), two of our main concerns here at Letters Blogatory, the judicial assistance statute and service of process, collide. High Point, a Luxembourg company, had sued KPN B.V. for infringement of a European patent in the District Court for the……
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Case of the Day: Day v. Cornèr Bank (Overseas) Ltd.
Judge Lamberth, describing the allegations in the Case of the Day, Day v. Cornèr Bank (Overseas) Ltd. (D.D.C. 2011), wrote that they detailed “a sordid affair straight out of a Hollywood script—or at least a second-rate mystery novel.” The plaintiff was Tonya Kay Day. According to Day’s complaint, several years ago her mother, Lavera Jean Foelgner, told……