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Case of the Day: Avelar v. J. Cotoia Construction, Inc.
In the case of the day, Avelar v. J. Cotoia Construction, Inc. (E.D.N.Y. 2011), the Permanent Mission to the UN of the People’s Republic of the Congo owned land in Bronxville, New York. It hired J. Cotoia Construction as a demolition contractor, and Cotoia subcontracted with National Waterproofing Systems, LLC, which employed Avelar. Avelar was……
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Case of the Day: Diamond Offshore (Bermuda) Ltd. v. Haaksman
The case of the day, Diamond Offshore (Bermuda) Ltd. v. Haaksman (Tex. App. 2011), asks about the limits of the judgment debtor’s power to resist recognition of a foreign judgment on the grounds that the foreign court wrongly ignored the parties’ exclusive choice of forum clause. Diamond Offshore (Bermuda) operated an oil rig off the……
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Case of the Day: Miochnovez v. Blair, LLC
The case of the day is Michnovez v. Blair, LLC (D.N.H. 2011). According to the pleadings, the plaintiff’s decedent has been killed when her bathrobe had caught fire while she was cooking. A-One Textile and Towel Industries, a Pakistani firm, manufactured the robe and was one of the defendants in the wrongful death suit. Pakistan……
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co.
We reported on Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. v. Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (S.D.N.Y. 2011) back in August. In the prior case, the court confirmed an arbitral award in favor of Thai-Lao Lignite against the government of Laos. Today’s case of the day, In re Application of Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. (D.D.C. 2011),……
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Case of the Day: US v. Kashamu
The case of the day is United States v. Kashamu (7th Cir. 2011). Buruji Kashamu, a Nigerian national, was indicted by a grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois in 1998 for conspiracy to import and distribute heroin. The indictment named him under his own name and under two supposed aliases: “Alaji” and “”Kasmal.”……