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Case of the Day: Application of Vestolit GmbH
The case of the day is Application of Vestolit GmbH (D. Del. 2025). Vestolit GmbH and Celanese Europe B.V. were defendants in a Dutch antitrust lawsuit brought by Shell Chemicals Europe, B.V. They brought an application in Delaware under Section 1782 seeking to serve a subpoena on Shell Chemical LP. The case illustrates a risk……
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The government should release Mahmoud Khalil
The government should release Mahmoud Khalil. There, I said it. Don’t misunderstand me. I think he’s a terrible person with terrible views. I think that the government should not admit aliens with his views into the United States, and I think that Columbia should not have tolerated him and people like him. Our universities should……
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Case of the Day: Missouri v. China
During COVID I wrote about what I regarded as an absurd case: the state of Missouri suing China and Chinese government instrumentalities for damages arising from the pandemic. I thought the case was absurd mainly because of foreign sovereign immunity, but also because the service of process on the two arguably non-governmental defendants was bad.……
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Case to watch: Devas v. Antrix
Friend of Letters Blogatory Ingrid Brunk has a good post at the Transnational Litigation Blog about the oral argument in Devas v. Antrix, the case that asks whether it’s necessary, when seeking to confirm an arbitral award against a foreign state, to prove some connection between the foreign state and the United States. That could……
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Leave Boston Alone
The Republican majority in Congress and the Trump administration are trying to make an example of Boston and its mayor, Michelle Wu, on immigration policy. the Attorney General accused her of actions that are “callous and an insult to law enforcement across America,” and of siding “with public safety threats over law-abiding citizens.” The administration’s……