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The Letters Blogatory time service
OK, this is a little geeky. If you have a desktop computer that you know how to configure, or if you have a server that you administer, you can use the Letters Blogatory time service to set your computer’s clock! Let me back up. Longtime readers know that I’m interested in the science of timekeeping.……
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Bill Dodge on Serving US Counsel
Friend of Letters Blogatory Bill Dodge has a good post at the Transnational Litigation Blog about serving process on foreign defendants by serving their US counsel. This is one of the great Letters Blogatory conundrums. I have gone back and forth about the issue. That’s one of the blessings and curses of blogging. You can……
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Case of the Day: Tesla v. Balan
The case of the day is Tesla Motors, Inc. v. Balan (9th Cir. 2025). It’s a fun procedural gem in the world of domestic arbitration. Balan was a former Tesla employee who was the subject of an article in the Huffington Post in 2017. After the article was published, Tesla published statements about her, including……
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Self-governance
A political post. You have been warned. A long history of corporate self-governance We have a long history of self-governing social institutions. Churches govern themselves. The professions govern themselves. Universities govern themselves. The press governs itself. There’s nothing in the Constitution that clearly requires this kind of corporate self-governance (except maybe for churches and the……
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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……