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Judgment Convention Update
The Judgment Convention continues its progress towards a final text. The special commission on the proposed convention will meet again in the Hague later this month, and a preliminary document (I’ve attached the redlined version) shows some of the proposed approaches to difficult issues.
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Case of the Day: Green v. First Liberty
The case of the day is Green v. First Liberty Ins. Corp. (E.D.N.Y. 2018). Nefeteri Green was driving in New York City when his car was hit by a car driven by Marco Suazo. Suazo’s car was owned by Monaco and registered to Isabelle Picco, Monaco’s representative to the United Nations. Green alleged that Suazo……
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Case of the Day: Alimanestianu v. United States
The case of the day is Alimanestianu v. United States (Fed. Cir. 2018). I have written about the case twice before, first on the decision on the motion to dismiss in December 2015, then on the decision on the motion for summary judgment in January 2017. Here was my description from the prior post:
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Case of the Day: Wyndham Hotel v. 683079 Ontario
The case of the day is Wyndham Hotel Group Canada ULC v. 683079 Ontario Ltd. (D.N.J. 2018). The case was for breach of a franchise agreement. Wyndham had served the summons on the defendant by mail in Ontario, and it then sought a default judgment.
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Sheriffs’ Tomfoolery
The New Yorker had an interesting article last week on the so-called “constitutional sheriffs” movement. The article focused on the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, which claims about five thousand members, including Nick Finch, the sheriff of Liberty County, Florida: C.S.P.O.A. members believe that the sheriff has the final say on a law’s constitutionality……