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Second Circuit To Rule On Service By Email In China (Maybe)
The Second Circuit is poised to decide Smart Study Co. v. Acuteye-US, a case in which a district judge correctly held that the Hague Service Convention does not permit service by email in cases where it applies, at least where the state of destination has objected to service by alternate means under Article 10. I……
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Event of the Day: Claudia Salomon in Boston
Readers, Claudia Salomon, the president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, will be in Boston today for a fireside chat on “Responding to Today’s Challenges in International Arbitration.” She’ll be speaking with my friend Conna Weiner, herself a leading arbitrator. The event will be held at Foley Hoag’s offices in the Seaport at 4……
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Strange Apostille Case of the Day: In re Kamalnathan
The case of the day is In re Kamalnathan (Cal. App. 2022). The case was a divorce case. The wife argued that certain properties in India were community property, and she offered some deeds to support her claim. The husband argued that the deeds should be excluded because the wife had not shown they were……
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Lago Agrio: Donziger Files Reply Brief
Happy new year, readers! As you can see, I am well on the way to migrating Letters Blogatory back to its original home at lettersblogatory.com. The work on this isn’t done yet. In particular, many links will need to be changed so that they point to the new site instead of the old site. At……
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Lago Agrio: Government Files Opposition to Steven Donziger’s Cert Petition
The government has filed its opposition to Steven Donziger’s petition seeking Supreme Court review of his conviction of criminal contempt of court. Donziger’s social media posts suggests he thought there was some chance the government might take his side in the matter, but I cannot believe there was any real chance the government would not……