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  • The Vogons and Fictitious Service

    I had fun writing the last post about service of process in the Expanse books, and it got me thinking about service of process in fiction generally. Here is a scene from another sci-fi classic, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Arthur Dent has just learned that the local authorities are going to knock down……

    September 11, 2024
  • Serving Process In The Belt

    With the world in such a state, we all need an occasional escape. Mine is genre fiction. You know, the Aubrey/Maturin books. Alan Furst’s spy novels. PD James. And now the Expanse books. They’re really good classic science fiction. And as in any fully realized fictional world, we get a look at the dialects, cuisines,……

    September 10, 2024
  • Case of the Day: Diamond Films Netherlands v. TV Azteca

    The case of the day is Diamond Films Netherlands Cooperatief v. TV Azteca S.A.B. de C.V. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2024). Diamond sued TV Azteca in New York to enforce a Renegotiation and Free Television Output Agreement between the parties. Its lawyers sent a letter of request to the Mexican central authority (under the Hague Service……

    September 8, 2024
  • Case of the Day: Iraq Telecom v. Mustafa

    The case of the day is Iraq Telecom Ltd. v. Mustafa (E.D. Pa. 2024). In 2019, Iraq Telecom filed an ex parte application under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 seeking leave to serve a subpoena on Dechert LLP seeking evidence for use in an ICC arbitration against Mustafa and others and a prospective lawsuit in the……

    September 4, 2024
  • Thoughts after the Murder of Hersh Goldbeg-Polin and the Other Hostages

    I am devastated and angered by the news of the murders of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages in Rafah. Hersh, an American Israeli, became the face of the hostage crisis in America. In part that was due to Hersh himself. Many young American Jews who visited Israel, including one of my children, got to……

    September 1, 2024
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