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Case to Watch: In re POSCO
In re POSCO, a petition for a writ of mandamus now pending in the Federal Circuit, is a case for § 1782 watchers to keep an eye on. In 2012, Nippon Steel sued POSCO in Japan for trade secret misappropriation. Both firms were in the business of manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel. POSCO brought an action……
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Paper of the Day: Litigation Isolationism
The paper of the day is Litigation Isolationism, by Pamela K. Bookman of Columbia Law School. The paper is forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review.
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My State Deparment FOIA Case Comes To An End
Readers, my FOIA case against the State Department has reached its conclusion. The Department has finished producing what it has to produce and has provided a log showing what it has refused to produce and why. Once could challenge its refusals on various grounds, but I think that by and large I did what I……
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Belfast Project: Gerry Adams Arrested In McConville Murder Case
Gerry Adams, member of the Irish parliament for Louth and president of Sinn Féin, was arrested yesterday in connection with the investigation of the murder of Jean McConville in 1972. The exact procedural posture of the case is a little unclear to me: on the one hand, the news reports make it clear that Mr.……
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Books and Blogs of the Day
Readers, please check out these two new offerings from friends of Letters Blogatory.