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Sgt. Bergdahl Pleads Guilty
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy at his court-martial yesterday. Apparently the plea came without any agreement with the government, suggesting that Bergdahl is, in effect, throwing himself on the mercy of the military judge (he elected to have his case tried before a judge alone rather than a……
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Panel Discussion: International Issues in Litigation and Arbitration
Readers, if you are in Boston this Thursday, October 19, please stop by the Massachusetts Bar Association for a panel discussion titled International Issues in Litigation and Arbitration. The panelists are Tom Ayres of Foley Hoag, Jonathan Fitch of Fitch Law Partners, and yours truly. Jared Hubbard of Hubb Legal is chairing the event. It’ll……
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Case of the Day: Hilt Construction v. Permanent Mission of Chad
The case of the day is Hilt Construction & Management Corp. v. Permanent Mission of Chad (S.D.N.Y. 2017). Hilt claimed the Mission of Chad to the UN owed it more than $1 million for construction work. Hilt first sued the Mission and the Ambassador. The court dismissed the claim against the Ambassador on the grounds……
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Conference Announcement: Law’s Porosities
Readers, if you’re in Washington on October 26, I hope you’ll come to a conference called Law’s Porosities/Porosités du droit, which is being jointly presented by the Société de législation comparée and the American Society of Comparative Law. Here is the blurb: This conference intends to illuminate areas of the law in which seepage occurs……
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Case of the Day: Laventure v. United Nations
The case of the day is Laventure v. United Nations (E.D.N.Y. 2017). I noted the case back in July. It’s a follow-on to Georges v. United Nations, the Second Circuit case affirming dismissal of a claim against the UN and its official arising out of the cholera epidemic apparently caused by UN peacekeepers.