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Case of the Day: Zhang v. Baidu.com
The case of the day is Zhang v. Baidu.com, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). The plaintiffs were Jian Zhang, Guang Yang, Wa Xue, Tian Cheng Wang, Liqun Chen, Shenqi Fu, Shuyuan Song, and Yuhong Zhang, who described themselves as “promoters of democracy in China through their writings, publications and reporting of pro-democracy events.” They sued Baidu.com, the……
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Smith v. Johansen: Service by Drone?
The case of the day is Smith v. Johansen (D. Mass. 2013). The underlying facts are prosaic and unimportant: Alonzo Smith, the owner of a company that manufactures long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones,” for both military and civilian purposes (more on that in a minute), had lent money to Einar Johansen, a geologist and……
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Case of the Day: Sabeniano v. Citibank
The case of the day is Sabeniano v. Citibank N.A. New York (S.D.N.Y. 2013). Modesta Sabeniano, a Philippine national, had had several accounts with Citibank branches in Switzerland, New York, and the Philippines in the 1970s. In 1985, she sued Citibank in the a Philippine court, alleging that Citibank refused to pay her amounts it……
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BREAKING: Anthony McIntyre Suspended By The National Union of Journalists
I ordinarily don’t write about the collateral goings-on relating to the Belfast Project case, but several British and Irish readers have called my attention to a breaking development, and so by popular demand, here is a brief summary of the latest news: Anthony McIntyre, the Belfast Project researcher and petitioner in the Supreme Court, has……
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Case of the Day: NorthShore Regional Medical Center v. Dill
The case of the day is NorthShore Regional Medical Center, LLC v. Dill (La. Ct. App. 2013). Brian and Edith Dill, who live in England, were vacationing in south Louisiana in 2006. They had purchased a travel insurance policy from Atlas (Atlas later asserted that it was not the insurer, but rather just the broker……
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