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Case of the Day: Merial v. Ceva Santé Animale
The case of the day is Merial v. Ceva Santé Animale, S.A. (M.D. Ga. 2016). Merial sued Ceva, a French firm. It attempted to serve process by hiring a private process server to serve Herve Balmes, alleged to be a member of Ceva’s executive committee, in Libourne, France, and by registered mail to Marc Prikazsky,……
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Case of the Day: Chen v. Sun
The case of the day is Chen v. Sun (S.D.N.Y. 2016). Hsin-Cheng Chen sued Kelvin Sun and Jia Liu, seeking recognition and enforcement of a Chinese judgment. The complaint alleged that Chen was a Chinese citizen domiciled in Taiwan, that Sun was an American citizen whose “principal residence” was in New York, and that Liu,……
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Case of the Day: Walton v. Bilisnki
The case of the day is Walton v. Bilinski (E.D. Mo. 2015). The plaintiff, Cody Walton, alleged that he was sexually assaulted by another inmate when he was being held in the Macon County, Missouri jail in pretrial detention. He sued Ryszard Bilinski, a former Macon County deputy sheriff, alleging a constitutional violation because Bilinski,……
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The New Practical Handbooks Are Here!
Readers, it doesn’t get any more exciting than this. The Hague Conference has just published new editions of the Practical Handbooks on the Service and Evidence Conventions. These were years in the making, and a lot of painstaking work has gone into them. I have seen the drafts and can tell you that they will……
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Event Announcement: The Effects of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements on International Arbitration
Readers, if you are in Washington on February 10, I invite you to attend a panel discussion on “The Effects of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements on International Arbitration,” being held at Jones Day’s Washington office from 9 to 11 a.m. The event is part of the Georgetown International Arbitration Society’s fourth……