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Case of the Day: Chen v. Shi
The case of the day is Chen v. Shi (S.D.N.Y. 2013). Hua Chen and Yu Yun Zou were followers of the Falun Gong movement. They sued Honghui Shi, a Committee Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Director of the Bureau of Reeducation Through Labor of Guangdong Province. They alleged that they were persecuted and……
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Case of the Day: Montana Trucks, LLC v. UD Trucks North America, Inc.
The case of the day is Montana Trucks, LLC v. UD Trucks North America, Inc. (D. Mont. 2013). UD Trucks was headquartered in Saitama, Japan. Montana Trucks sought leave under FRCP 4(f)(3) to serve the summons and complaint by mail and courier, and to serve the documents without a translation. Let’s pause for a moment.……
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Case of the Day: Amtim Capital v. Appliance Recycling Centers of America
E-mail subscribers: This post has a lengthy footnote. Best read in your browser! Courtesy of esteemed fellow blogger and IJA Brigade member Antonin Pribetić, who clearly has found his muse again, the case of the day is Amtim Capital, Inc. v. Appliance Recycling Centers of America, 2013 ONSC 4867. Appliance Recycling, or ARCA, was a……
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Case of the Day: Giraldo v. Drummond Co.
The case of the day is Giraldo v. Drummond Co. (N.D. Ala. 2013). The plaintiffs were the wives, parents, or children of people who had been murdered by the AUC paramilitary group in Colombia. They sued Drummond, which, it claimed, had made an agreement with the AUC to provide security for the area around one……
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Case of the Day: BCB Holdings Ltd. v. Attorney General of Belize
The case of the day is BCB Holdings Ltd. v. Attorney General of Belize (C.C.J. 2013). It is, I think, our first case from the Caribbean Court of Justice. In order to settle a commercial dispute, BCB Holdings Ltd. and the Belize Bank, Ltd. entered into a settlement agreement with the government of Belize in……