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Article of the Day: Chang & Chang on the Chinese Bank Secrecy Cases
The article of the day is Megan C. Chang and Terry E. Chang, Brand Name Replicas and Bank Secrecy: Exploring Attitudes and Anxieties Towards Chinese Banks In The Tiffany and Gucci Cases, 7 Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L. 425 (2013). Unfortunately, the paper does not seem to be freely available online. The article……
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Cases of the Day: NML Capital Ltd. v. Argentina
The Cases of the Day, NML Capital, Ltd. v. Banco Central de la República Argentina (2d Cir. 2011), and NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina (UKSC 2011), are the latest in a series of cases brought against Argentina by investors in Argentine sovereign debt after the country’s financial crisis. We have previously reported on……
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Article of the Day: Should the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Be Amended to Address Cross-Border Discovery?
Zachary D. Clapton has a pointer to a new article by Michael M. Baylson and Steven S. Gensler on whether the Rules of Civil Procedure should be amended to account better for cross-border discovery. I do a lot of cross-border discovery, and so I have some thoughts. I know I called this post “article of the day,”……
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Elephant Habeas: The NhRP’s Colorado Case Is Dismissed
A Colorado judge has dismissed a habeas corpus petition brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project supposedly on behalf of elephants at the Cheyenne Zoo. The decision is a good one. The judge basically agrees with all the things that the NhRP has to say about elephants. They are really smart, they have complex social lives,……
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In Memoriam Sandra Day O’Connor
Letters Blogatory remembers Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court. She will be remembered for her opinions in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Grutter v. Bollinger, and other important constitutional decisions. Some of these, including the two decisions I mentioned, have not stood the test of time, at least as things……