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It’s Not Just Trump
This is not a post about President Trump’s shortcomings. It’s tangentially a post about a problem with American society that is apparent these days on the right, and perhaps particularly among Mr. Trump’s voters. That problem is loss of belief in the idea of knowledge and expertise. Here is a recent quote from Wayne LaPierre,……
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Case of the Day: In re Letter Rogatory from the Harju County Court
The case of the day is In re Letter Rogatory from the Harju County Court in Estonia (N.D. Cal. 2017). Lyoness Eesti OÜ brought a defamation action in the Harju County Court in Estonia, alleging that a blogger who controlled a blog on the WordPress.com blogging platform had published “incorrect factual allegations.” The Estonian court,……
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ILW Call for Proposals
Readers, the International Law Students Association is sponsoring International Law Week on in New York City on October 19-21, 2017. The ILSA has extended the deadline on its call for panel proposals to May 15. Check it out!
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The Supreme Court, Service of Process, and Legal History: Part 3 of a Letters Blogatory Polemic
This is the third and final post in my series on service of process and legal history. I encourage you to read the first and second posts! Why am I writing about ancient methods of service of process, and Supreme Court references to them? Here is my basic idea.
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Case of the Day: Phoenix Process Equipment Co. v. Capital Equipment & Trading
The case of the day is Phoenix Process Equipment Co. v. Capital Equipment & Trading Corp. (W.D. Ky. 2017). The decision was on a motion to reconsider the ruling we covered back in February. Here was my statement of the facts: