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Case of the Day: Commonwealth v. Karen Read
The case of the day is Commonwealth v. Read (Mass. Super. Ct. 2024). This is not a typical Letters Blogatory case, but it has been in the headlines here in Massachusetts and, I think, elsewhere in America. I’m curious to know whether any readers abroad have heard of it! And there is a connection to…
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Case of the Day: Barot v. Embassy of Zambia
The case of the day is Barot v. Embassy of the Republic of Zambia (D.D.C. 2014). Doris Barot, a former employee of the Embassy of Zambia, sued, alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and the DC Wage Payment and Collection Law. The Embassy moved to…
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Case of the Day: Hernández v. Mesa
The case of the day is Hernández v. Mesa (S. Ct. 2017). Hernández is one of the cases the Supreme Court decided on the last day of its just-concluded Term. Several of the decisions were highly interesting; none of them was a private international law case; but Hernandez is quite literally a cross-border case, so…
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Case of the Day: Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping
The case of the day is Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd. (E.D. La. 2022). I love this case. Kholkar Ganpat, an Indian national, was a seaman on the M/V Stargate, a ship operated by Eastern Pacific Singapore, a Singapore company. The vessel had traveled from Savannah, Georgia to Gabon, and then to Brazil.…