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South West Terminal v. Achter Land & Cattle: The Case of the Thumbs Up Emoji
The case of the day is South West Terminal Ltd. v. Achter Land & Cattle Ltd., 2023 SKKB 116, a Saskatchewan breach of contract case. It’s not a typical Letters Blogatory case, but it’s fun, and I expect to see it in contract casebooks in the future. Law students my remember it as the “thumbs……
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Strategy of the Day: Variations in State Arbitration Law
The Federal Arbitration Act preempts state arbitration law, but not entirely. State law that is inconsistent on the FAA’s rules about when an agreement to arbitrate is enforceable or about when awards must be enforced are preempted. But state law that relates to some procedural matters in arbitration is not preempted even when the FAA……
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Investigation of the Day: To Catch a Thief
I thought you might be interested to follow along with an investigation into a cybercrime I’m currently working on. I am not going to discuss the specifics of the case, but even in broad strokes, I think it is interesting because the investigation is a little more detective work than I usually get to do.……
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Data-rich Post of the Day: John Coyle on Forum Selection Clauses
Some days I think Letters Blogatory has become the “Transnational Litigation Blog Republication and Review Service,” since I seem to spend a lot of time either commenting on things that TLB has posted or at least drawing your attention to them. That’s a testament to the excellent work Bill, Ingrid, Maggie, and John are doing.……
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Post of the Day: Lawrence Collins on Section 1782 in the UK
Lawrence Collins (Lord Collins of Mapesbury, former justice of the UK Supreme Court) has a new post at the Transnational Litigation Blog on the use and misuse of Section 1782 in aid of UK litigation. The post has a useful review of cases where the UK courts have enjoined Section 1782 applications, and cases where……