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Split Decisions in the Argentine Sovereign Debt Cases
There are two new decisions to report in the Argentine sovereign debt cases. In the first, NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina (2d Cir. 2012), the Second Circuit rejected Argentina’s attempt to dissolve an attachment of a government agency’s bank account on FSIA grounds. In the second, Aurelius Capital Partners v. Republic of Argentina……
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Case of the Day: S&S Machinery Corp. v. Wuhan Heavy Duty Machine Tool Group
The case of the day is S&S Machinery Corp. v. Wuhan Heavy Duty Machine Tool Group Co. (E.D.N.Y. 2012). S&S was a machine tools merchant in New York. Under a 1999 agreement, it was the exclusive agent in North and South America for Wuhan, one of China’s largest machine tool manufacturers. The agreement gave S&S……
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Case of the Day: In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation
The case of the day is In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y. 2012). The decision does not give details of the underlying dispute, though the title of the case (a multi-district litigation consolidated in the Eastern District of New York) pretty much says it all. The issue was whether the defendant, Société……
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Case of the Day: Thai-Lao Lignite v. Laos
The case of the day is Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. v. Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (S.D.N.Y. 2012). We have reported on this dispute twice before. In the first post, the judge confirmed an arbitral award in favor of Thai-Lao against Laos. In the second, the judge granted judicial assistance to Thai-Lao, which……
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A Surprisingly Good Day For Moloney & McIntyre In The First Circuit
As we all know, Boston is the hub of the universe, but today it really was true, at least if you’re talking about the universe of US constitutional law. Three major constitutional cases were argued today. I missed the first one, United States v. Pleau (which may not have been a constitutional case, strictly speaking,……