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Event Announcement: Judicial Assistance for the Taking of Evidence Outside Quebec
Readers, if you are going to be in Montreal on June 3, I’d like to give you a heads-up about an event I’ll be doing with the Canadian Bar Association/Association du Barreau Canadien: “Judicial Assistance for the Taking of Evidence Outside Quebec.” Here is the CBA’s summary: Evidence relevant to a case before a Quebec……
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The Scholars’ Choice
The opinions of legal scholars are not that important to the day-to-day work of most American lawyers and judges. In 2007, Judge Jacobs told a crowd of law professors, “I haven’t opened up a law review in years. No one speaks of them. No one relies on them.” And in 2011, Chief Justice Roberts said:……
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Getting a Chinese Apostille
I received my first Chinese apostille today. It’s purpose is to authenticate a Chinese judgment for use in a US case. The process was a little bit more complicated and time-consuming than I would have wished, but it shows that the Apostille Convention is now in effect between the US and China not just in……
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How Do Appeals Bonds Work?
Appeals bonds, or supersedeas bonds, have been in the news recently. And there has been a lot of commentary about how they work, some of right, some of it not so right. What’s the story? When a trial court enters a judgment for damages, the defendant has a right to appeal. But how does the……
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The Bill of Discovery
One of the great things about Section 1782 is that you can use it in aid of a prospective proceeding. Is that anomalous or unprecedented? Nope. Our own courts have long recognized a “bill of discovery,” which allows for discovery necessary in order to bring an action. I’ve been practicing law for a long time,……