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Case of the Day: Gorsoan v. Bullock
The case of the day is Gorsoan Ltd. v. Bullock (Fla. Cir. Ct. 2020). I came across the case on the website of friend of the blog George Benaur. I wrote about a related § 1782 proceeding in July 2020. The question in the case was whether the Florida courts should recognize and enforce a Mareva injunction, i.e., an asset-freeze injunction, entered……
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Case of the Day: Ford v. Montana
The case of the day is Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (S. Ct. 2021). It’s a personal jurisdiction decision that keeps the law from going off the rails but also may be important in its future implications. The case involved a car accident that took place in one US state, the state where……
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Case of the Day: Germany v. Philipp
The case of the day is Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp (S. Ct. 2021). This is the case of the Welfenschatz, the Guelph treasure said to have been stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners. The claim was that Hermann Göring, one of Hitler’s most powerful ministers, had coerced the Jewish owners of……
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Case of the Day: Appel v. Hayut
The case of the day is Appel v. Hayut (SDNY 2020). The plaintiff, Ronit Appel, served process on David Kazhdan, a defendant in Israel, by hiring Rimon Deliveries and Services, apparently an Israeli delivery company, which then mailed the documents to Kazhdan through the Israeli post. Just so that this is clear, the documents were……
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Case of the Day: Lathigee v. BC Securities Commission
The case of the day is Lathigee v. British Columbia Securities Commission (Nev. 2020). The British Columbia securities regulator brought an administrative proceeding in British Columbia for securities fraud against Michael Lathigee. The proceeding resulted in a judgment that he had raised millions of dollars from investors without making necessary disclosures. The regulator ordered disgorgement……