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DNC v. Wikileaks: Russia Asserts Immunity
In its lawsuit against Wikileaks, Russia, and others, the Democratic National Committee has effected service on Russia under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(4), slowest and most solemn method of service in foreign sovereign cases, and the only one that is more or less guaranteed to work. By diplomatic note, Russia returned the documents that the United……
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Case of the Day: Halvorssen v. Simpson
The case of the day is Halvorssen v.Simpson (E.D.N.Y. 2018). Thor Halvorssen, a human rights advocate, claimed that after he criticized Derwick Associates, a Venezuelan power company, for corruption, Derwick hired Fusion GPS, the intelligence firm made famous for its connection with the Steele Dossier, to do a number on him. The claim was brought……
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Letters Blogatory Remembers
Now, God be thanked who has matched us with his hour, And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping! With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power, To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping, Glad from a world grown old and cold and weary; Leave the sick hearts that honor could not move,……
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Case of the Day: In re Servotronics
The case of the day is In re Servotronics, Inc. (D.S.C. 2018). In 2016, an engine fire broke out at a Boeing plant in South Carolina. The engine had been manufactured by Rolls Royce. It had a valve manufactured by Servotronics. Boeing made a claim against Rolls Royce, which was settled, and Rolls Royce then……
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Sudan v. Harrison: The Oral Argument
Letters Blogatory contributor Jared Hubbard, who represented a group of amici arguing in favor of Sudan, was at the Supreme Court yesterday for oral argument in Sudan v. Harrison, and he shares the following report. To set the stage: victims of the USS Cole bombing sued Sudan for damages. The plaintiffs sought to serve process……
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