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Case of the Day: In re Venequip
The case of the day is In re Venequip (7th Cir. 2023). Venequip, a Venezuelan firm, had a contract with Caterpillar Sàrl, a Swiss subsidiary of Caterpiller, Inc. to sell and service Caterpillar equipment. Caterpillar Sàrl terminated the contract, and Venequip sued in Switzerland; a choice of forum clause in the contract required that all……
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Paper of the Day: Jie Huang on Contracting Out of the Service Convention
Friend of Letters Blogatory Jie (Jeanne) Huang (University of Sydney Faculty of Law) has posted a new paper: “Can Private Parties Contract Out of The Hague Service Convention?” The paper makes an important contribution by observing that the states that have objected to service by postal channels under the Service Convention do not always object……
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The Law Should Be Worthy Of Our Respect
In my first post after the Hamas terrorist attack of Oct. 7, I wrote that I didn’t feel competent to address the situation from a doctrinal point of view, because I don’t have any particular expertise in the law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, etc. But I did give a view from the outside……
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Case of the Day: Cawthon v. Zhousunyijie
The case of the day is Cawthon v. Zhousunyijie (S.D.N.Y. 2023). Cawthorn claimed that Zhousunyijie had sold products via Amazon that infringed his copyrights. Cawthorn served a DMCA takedown notice on Amazon, and Zhousunyije served a counter-notice, as the statute permits. The counter-notice contained a agreement to accept service of process from Cawthon or his……
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President Biden: Standing Up For What is Right
I am proud to be an American, and especially proud to have a President in Joe Biden who has stood up for what is right and has reaffirmed our traditional commitments to our allies in Europe, in Israel, and around the world and to the rule of law.