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Case of the Day: Suncoast Tech Corp. v. Hondutel
The case of the day is Suncoast Tech Corp. v. Hondutel (S.D. Fla. 2012). Suncoast had a contract with Hondutel, a Honduran telecommunications firm, to do work aimed at weeding out “gray trafficking” (a kind of misuse of telecommunications lines) and detecting fraudulent calls on Hondutel’s network. Once Suncoast had identified and eliminated any gray……
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Case of the Day: Lebel v. Mai
The case of the day is Lebel v. Mai (Cal. App. Ct. 2012). Laura Lebel was a tenant of Eric Mai under a 2010 condominium lease. She became dissatisfied with the tenancy, moved out of the apartment, and brought an action for constructive eviction and fraud in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Lebel’s process……
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Lago Agrio: Insurance Coverage Decision Goes Against Stratus Consulting
Here is an interesting footnote in the Lago Agrio saga. Stratus Consulting, one of the defendants in the RICO case Chevron has brought in New York against Donziger and others, had a dispute with its insurers about whether the insurers had a duty to defend Stratus and two of its employees, Douglas Beltman and Ann……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Barry Fischer Law Firm
The Case of the Day is United States v. Barry Fischer Law Firm, LLC (S.D.N.Y. 2012). Turist-Cambio Viagens Turismo LTDA was a Brazilian currency exchange company. Kesten Development corp., a British Virgin Islands corporation, was its subsidiary. In the 1990s, three of the companies’ principals, Antonio Pires de Almeida, Ruriko Inoue, and Roseli Ciolfi, were……
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Case of the Day: In re Ex Parte Application of Motorola Mobility, LLC
The case of the day is In re Ex Parte Application of Motorola Mobility, LLC (N.D. Cal. 2012), our first [section] 1782 case in quite some time. Motorola had sued Apple in Germany, alleging that the iPhone and iPad infringed Motorola patents relating to 2G and 3G wireless communication standards. Apple asserted, as a defense,……