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Seeing the Eclipse
My wife and I watched the total solar eclipse from a back yard in Kingston, Ontario. The day before the eclipse was perfectly clear, without a cloud in the sky, but the day of the eclipse was pretty cloudy, and we worried that we wouldn’t get to see much. But the atmosphere was festive, and……
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The Scholars’ Choice
The opinions of legal scholars are not that important to the day-to-day work of most American lawyers and judges. In 2007, Judge Jacobs told a crowd of law professors, “I haven’t opened up a law review in years. No one speaks of them. No one relies on them.” And in 2011, Chief Justice Roberts said:……
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Getting a Chinese Apostille
I received my first Chinese apostille today. It’s purpose is to authenticate a Chinese judgment for use in a US case. The process was a little bit more complicated and time-consuming than I would have wished, but it shows that the Apostille Convention is now in effect between the US and China not just in……
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Case of the Day: Voltage Pictures v. Gussi
The case of the day is Voltage Pictures LLC v. Gussi S.A. de C.V. (9th Cir. 2024). Voltage was an LA film production company. Gussi was a Mexican film distributor. The two companies had an agreement for the distribution of Ava in Latin America. Who is Ava, you ask? She is played by Jessica Chastain.……
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How Do Appeals Bonds Work?
Appeals bonds, or supersedeas bonds, have been in the news recently. And there has been a lot of commentary about how they work, some of right, some of it not so right. What’s the story? When a trial court enters a judgment for damages, the defendant has a right to appeal. But how does the……