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Case of the Day: In re Marriage of Shults
The case of the day, In re Marriage of Shults (Minn. Ct. App. 2012), is the rare family law case (aside from international child abduction cases) that raises judicial assistance issues. Mr. and Mrs. Shults were married in 1984. In 2006, the family moved from Minnesota to Norway. In 2009, the wife and the couple’s……
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Case of the Day: Liberty Media Holdings v. Sheng Gan
The internet “adult entertainment” industry makes yet another contribution to the law of international judicial assistance in today’s case of the day, Liberty Media Holdings v. Sheng Gan (D. Colo. 2012). According to the amended complaint, Sheng Gan, a Chinese national residing in Costa Rica, operates a website known as SiteRipKing.com. “Site ripping” is the……
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Case of the Day: Mead Johnson & Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co.
The case of the day is Mead Johnson & Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co. (S.D. Ind. 2012). Mead and PBM Products were competitors in the infant formula business. PBM claimed that Mead was guilty of false advertising. It won a $13.5 million judgment against Mead in 2009, which the Fourth Circuit affirmed in 2011. Mead……
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Case of the Day: Century Indemnity Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s
The case of the day is Century Indemnity Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London (S.D.N.Y. 2012). Century, a Pennsylvania insurer, had a reinsurance agreement with certain reinsurers in the London Market in 1968. The reinsurance agreement covered certain asbestos claims. In 2001, the reinsurers imposed new documentation requirements for claims made under the……
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Case of the Day: Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. Bitton
In October 2011, we considered TracFone Wireless v. Doe (S.D. Fla. 2011), a decision I called “one of those rare cases that is so wrong that I hope it does not get into the F. Supp.2d, so as to avoid misleading lawyers.” The October decision authorized service of a subpoena by mail in Canada for……