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Case of the Day: DDR Señorial LLC v. Prestige Holdings
The case of the day is DDR Señorial LLC v. Prestige Holdings, Ltd. (D.P.R. 2016). DDR was a Delaware company doing business in Puerto Rico. The defendant, Prestige, was a Trinidad & Tobago company. Trinidad & Tobago is not party to the Hague Service Convention. DDR sought to make service under FRCP 4(f)(2)(A), i.e., “as……
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An American View On Brexit
The most surprising thing about the Brexit vote, to me, was that there was a Brexit vote—that the question was put to a nationwide referendum. Many US states made provisions in their constitutions for referenda and initiative petitions in their constitutions during the Progressive Era. Even my own state, Massachusetts, did it—the only New England……
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Bienvenue à Lettres Blogatoires!
Readers, I am very pleased to announce the arrival of the latest blog in the Letters Blogatory family—Lettres Blogatoires! As you know, I write primarily about American cases. I was very glad that my colleagues Javier Ochoa and Claudia Madrid volunteered to found Cartas Blogatorias, which brings you articles from throughout Latin America. Now Fanny……
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Case of the Day: RJR Nabisco v. European Community
I was speaking recently with a Chevronologist who will remain nameless, and we were speculating that perhaps the reason the Second Circuit has delayed so long in announcing its decision in the Chevron v. Donziger case because it was awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision in today’s case of the day, RJR Nabisco v. European Community……
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Salcido-Romo v. Southern Copper Corp.
The case is Salcido-Romo v. Southern Copper Corp. (D. Ariz. 2016). Alberto Salcido-Romo and others were residents of a rural community in Sonora, Mexico. An indirect subsidiary of Southern Copper Corp. operated a mine near their community. In 2014, 10 million gallons of toxic mining waste flowed into a local river, affecting Salcido-Romo and the……