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A Hard Brexit for Civil International Judicial Assistance?
Friend of Letters Blogatory Peter Bert has observed that the draft Brexit treaty does not seem to make any provision for judicial cooperation in civil cases. As Peter noted almost a year ago, a “hard Brexit” in the field of international judicial assistance would mean that the Hague Service, Evidence, and Choice of Court Agreements……
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Supreme Court Update
Today is the first day of the Supreme Court’s October 2020 term. Unfortunately, the Court denied my petition for cert. in the Changzhou SinoType case. Of course, “petition denied” is always the statistically likely outcome, but I felt that we gave this as good a shot as we could, and I and others more knowledgeable……
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Changzhou SinoType v. Rockefeller: More Developments
Readers, there were two new developments in the Changzhou SinoType case yesterday. First, the Chinese government sent a letter to the Department of Justice expressing its objections to the California court’s decision permitting service by postal channels in China in a case where the Hague Service Convention applied. The letter was dated Sunday. I’d like……
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Changzhou SinoType v. Rockefeller: Amicus Update
A group of outstanding scholars filed an amicus brief in support of my petition for cert. in Changzhou SinoType v. Rockefeller Technology. The group includes (in alphabetical order) George Bermann (Columbia), Hannah Buxbaum (Indiana), John Coyle (UNC), Robin Effron (Brooklyn), Maggie Gardner (Cornell), David Stewart (Georgetown), and Louise Ellen Teitz (Roger Williams). Andrew Hessick, Richard……