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Case of the Day: United States ex rel. UXB International v. 77 Insaat & Taahut A.S.
The case of the day is United States ex rel. UXB International, Inc. v. 77 Insaat & Taahut A.S. (W.D. Va. 2015). UXB brought a qui tam action on behalf of the United States against 77 Construction Co., an Afghan corporation, and 77 Group Co., an Iraqi corporation. UXB sought leave to serve process on……
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Case of the Day: Akebia Therapeutics v. Fibrogen
The case of the day is Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. v. Fibrogen, Inc. (9th Cir. 2015). Fibrogen, a San Francisco biotech company, owns European and Japanese patents on the use of certain chemical compounds to treat anemia. Akeiba, a competitor, brought opposition proceedings in the European Patent Office and the Japanese Patent Office, asserting that the……
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Case of the Day: Howe v. Embassy of Italy
The case of the day is Howe v. Embassy of Italy (D.D.C. 2014). Simona Hall was an employee of the Italian embassy in Washington. She was a Canadian national residing in Virginia. She brought claims against the embassy under ERISA, claiming that the embassy had miscalculated her benefits under a deferred compensation plan.
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Case of the Day: Panchenkova v. Chigirisnky
The case of the day is Panchenkova v. Chigirinsky (Conn. Super. Ct. 2015). Tatiana Panchenkova and Shalva Chigirinsky were married in Russia in 2003. In 2009 they divorced, and a Russian court ordered Chigirinsky to pay one-half of his income to the wife as child support. The court also divided the parties’ assets evenly, and……
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In re Request for Judicial Assistance From the Norrköping District Court
The case of the day is In re Request for Judicial Assistance from the Norrköping District Court (D. Colo. 2015). In connection with paternity proceedings in a Swedish court, the Swedish judge issued a letter of request under the Hague Evidence Convention to the US central authority, and the central authority (the Department of Justice)……