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Paper of the Day: Vivian Curran on “US Discovery and Foreign Blocking Statutes”
Readers, I recommend to you Vivian Curran’s forthcoming paper titled “US Discovery and Foreign Blocking Statutes.”
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Case of the Day: Companion Property & Casualty v. US Bank
The case of the day is Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. US Bank N.A. (D.S.C. 2016). The document the court issued and that I’m highlighting today isn’t a decision: it’s a request for service under the Hague Service Convention directed to the Cayman Islands central authority.
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Case of the Day: Bazarian International v. Aerohotelco
The case of the day is Bazarian International Financial Associates LLC v. Desarrollos Aerohotelco CA (D.D.C. 2016). Bazarian sued Aerohotelco for breach of an investment banking agreement. Aerohotelco was a Venezuelan firm.
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Jodat!
When I’m traveling I like to take photos of great lawyer advertisements. Here’s one of my all-time favorites, from Bradenton, Florida. It’s for the Jodat Law Group, which apparently practices in the areas of automobile accidents and divorce. “Who’s that,” you ask? “Jodat!”
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Case of the Day: Jiangsu Hongyuan Pharmaceutical Co. v. DI Global Logistics
The case of the day is Jiangsu Hongyuan Pharmaceutical Co. v. DI Global Logistics Inc. (S.D. Fla. 2016). Hongyuan was a Chinese firm; DI was a Florida corporation. The parties had a contract under which DI was Hongyuan’s exclusive distributor for chemical products in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Venezuela, and the United States. The……