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The new Practical Handbooks are out
Practitioners, academics, officials, and others will be glad to know that the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law has just published the new editions of the Practical Handbooks on the operation of the Service Convention and the Evidence Convention. I promise you no one has paid me to say: I use……
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Elephant Habeas: NhRP files a new case in California
The Nonhuman Rights Project has filed a new habeas corpus case supposedly on behalf of two elephants, this time in California. The most important thing, I think, is that the new filing shows that these cases were not just a personal project of Steven Wise, the longtime head of the NhRP, who died last year.……
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Ezra Klein Is Not Helping
Ezra Klein had a column in yesterday’s Times about New York’s Jewish community and the apparent split in attitudes towards Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor. The column is classic Klein—classic Obama-era wonky center-left smart-sounding commentary. And it has the classic Obama-era wonky center-left smart-sounding blindness on Jewish issues today. There is a lot……
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Case of the Day: Yukos v. Russia
Bill Dodge has a good post at the Transnational Litigation Blog about today’s case of the day, Yukos Capital Ltd. v. Russian Federation (D.D.C. 2025). The case was for confirmation of an arbitral award. Yukos served process on Russia under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(4) through diplomatic channels. But the method was unusual. Typically, when you……
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Case of the Day: Real Wood Products v. Gallegos Carrocerias Gallegos
The case of the day is Real Wood Products, LLC v. Gallegos Carrocerias Gallegos SA de CV (M.D. Pa. 2025). Real Woodsued Gallegos, a Mexican company, for breach of contract. It served process by delivering the summons and complaint in Texas to “‘Jesus Garza, Legal & Compliance Employee’ for Defendant ‘c/o Gallegos Trailers, Inc.’” At……