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New Papers By Ronald Brand
Professor Ronald A. Brand, who just over a year ago was caught slumming it here at Letters Blogatory, has published two new papers on SSRN that will be of interest to readers. The first, Jurisdictional Developments and the New Hague Judgments Project, is a brief look at developments in the US and European approaches to……
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Belfast Project: Anthony McIntyre’s Suspension by the National Union of Journalists Reversed
Back in March I reported on the National Union of Journalists Ethics Council’s decision to suspend Anthony McIntyre on account of an article he had written published supposedly implying that journalist Allison Morris was a police informer and an agent of the British state; Morris has said she believed the article put her life in……
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Case of the Day: Yanyac v. Cazassa
The case of the day is Yanyac v. Cazassa (Conn. Super. Ct. 2013). The plaintiff, Tiffany Yanyac, brought a divorce action against Pedro Cazassa, who resided in Brazil. She sought leave to serve him by mail. The judge correctly recognized, apparently as a matter of first impression in the Connecticut state courts, that the Inter-American……
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Case of the Day: Harrison v. Republic of Sudan
The case of the day is Harrison v. Republic of Sudan (N.D. Cal. 2013). The plaintiffs were members of the crew of the USS Cole and their spouses. They had sued the Republic of Sudan for providing material support to Al Qaeda in connection with the bombing of the Cole in 2000, and they obtained……
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Case of the Day: Solid Systems CAD Services v. Total Risc Technology
The case of the day is Solid Systems CAD Services v. Total Risc Technology Pty Ltd. (S.D. Tex. 2013). Total Risc Technology Global Ltd. was a Chinese company with offices in the Netherlands, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, and India. Its chief executive officer, Domenic Rommanelli, was an Australian national apparently living in Australia.……