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Case of the Day: Moriarty v. Jordan
The case of the day is Moriarty v. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (D.D.C. 2024). In 2016, a Jordanian soldier, Ma’arek Al-Tawayha, known as Abu Tayeh, shot and killed three American soldiers stationed at Jordan’s King Faisal Airbase. Abu Tayeh was convicted of manslaughter and military offenses in Jordan and is serving a life sentence there.……
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Case of the Day: Bunce v. Glock, Inc.
The case of the day is Bunce v. Glock, Inc. (D. Vt. 2024). The case arose out of a tragedy: in 2021, the plaintiffs’ three-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the face with a Glock pistol. The claim was that the “product,” the gun, had been defectively designed. The defendants were Glock, Inc., a Georgia……
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Willie Mays, 1931-2024
Letters Blogatory mourns the death of Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid, who will be remembered with Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Hank Aaron. Mays, who played most of his career with the Giants, was one of the greats in every aspect of the game. He hit .301 over his career, with 660 home runs……
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The Upcoming Special Commission Meeting
The Special Commission on the practical operation of the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions will take place from July 2 to 5 in The Hague. I’ll be attending as part of the ITechLaw delegation, along with friend of Letters Blogatory Alex Blumrosen of the Paris bar. The Special Commission is……
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Paper of the Day: Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept
The paper of the day is Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept, by Harvard SJD student Rabea Eghbariah, which has just been published—at least I think it has. Eghbariah’s article has had a long history of getting to press. In November 2023, the board of the Harvard Law Review decided against publishing the post in……