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Case of the Day: Fish & Richardson PC v. Camtek Ltd.
We have frequently noted the that a foreign central authority’s certificate under Article 6 of the Hague Service Convention is prima facie evidence of service of process. In the discussion of Zions First Nat’l Bank v. Moto Diesel Mexicana, the case of the day from July 21, 2011, the Mexican defendant had been served with……
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Case of the Day: Foster v. Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
The case of the day, Foster v. Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (S.D. Ala. 2011), is a service of process dispute involving a Japanese defendant. Foster sued Mazda Motor Corp. and others for wrongful death after her husband was killed in an auto accident. Her claim was that the accident was caused “by catastrophic failure and tread……
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Case of the Day: Swezey v. Merrill Lynch
Ferdinand Marcos, the former Philippine president, left behind a trail of human rights and financial litigation in the Philippine and United States courts. In 1972, Marcos organized Arelma, S.A., a Panamanian company, and Arelma deposited $2 million in a brokerage account with Merrill Lynch in New York. By 2000, the account had grown to $35……
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Case of the Day: Tiffany (NJ) LLC v. Qi
The case of the day is Tiffany (NJ) LLC v. Qi (S.D.N.Y. 2011). Tiffany & Co., the jewelers, brought a trademark infringement action against Qi Andrew, Gu Gong, Sliver Deng, and Kent Deng, who, they allege, were selling Tiffany knockoffs on the Internet. According to Tiffany, the defendants accepted payments in US dollars and used……
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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman
The case of the day, Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman (D. Colo. 2011), is the latest judicial assistance case arising out of the Lago Agrio litigation. In this installment, Ecuador sought issuance of a subpoena to Bjorn Bjorkman, an environmental expert who wrote a report for Chevron for use in the BIT arbitration. All our……