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Case of the Day: Yanyac v. Cazassa
The case of the day is Yanyac v. Cazassa (Conn. Super. Ct. 2013). The plaintiff, Tiffany Yanyac, brought a divorce action against Pedro Cazassa, who resided in Brazil. She sought leave to serve him by mail. The judge correctly recognized, apparently as a matter of first impression in the Connecticut state courts, that the Inter-American……
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Case of the Day: Harrison v. Republic of Sudan
The case of the day is Harrison v. Republic of Sudan (N.D. Cal. 2013). The plaintiffs were members of the crew of the USS Cole and their spouses. They had sued the Republic of Sudan for providing material support to Al Qaeda in connection with the bombing of the Cole in 2000, and they obtained……
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Case of the Day: Solid Systems CAD Services v. Total Risc Technology
The case of the day is Solid Systems CAD Services v. Total Risc Technology Pty Ltd. (S.D. Tex. 2013). Total Risc Technology Global Ltd. was a Chinese company with offices in the Netherlands, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, and India. Its chief executive officer, Domenic Rommanelli, was an Australian national apparently living in Australia.……
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Case of the Day: SEC v. Nagaicevs
The case of the day is SEC v. Nagaicevs (N.D. Cal. 2013). The SEC alleged that Igors Nagaicevs, a Latvian national, had gained unauthorized access to online brokerage accounts and made trades in those accounts to manipulate securities prices in his favor. It brought claims under § 17(a) of the Securities Act and § 10(b)……
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Case of the Day: Wires Jolley LLP v. Shlaimoun
The case of the day is Wires Jolley LLP v. Shlaimoun (C.D. Cal. 2013). Wires Jolley was an Ontario law firm. Zia Shlaimoun and Oussha Arda Shlaimoun, who apparently resided in California, had hired Wires Jolley to represent it in Canadian proceedings. The written agreement between the firm and the Shlaimouns called for arbitration of……