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Case of the Day: Frontera Capital (Case C-722/21)
Today’s case of the day is Frontera Capital, Case C-722/21 in the Court of Justice of the European Union. Article 267 of the TFEU provides a means to obtain preliminary rulings from the CJEU on matters of European law: Where such a question is raised before any court or tribunal of a Member State, that……
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Upcoming Event: “International Arbitration and US Discovery after Luxshare v. ZF?” at the DIS
Readers, the German Arbitration Institute, the DIS, is hosting an online discussion titled “International Arbitration and US Discovery after Luxshare v. ZF?” The panelists are Dr. Barbara Maucher of Noerr, Derek Adler of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, and me. Friend of Letters Blogatory Peter Bert, of Taylor Wessing, will moderate the discussion. The conversation will……
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Case of the Day: JK v. VKP
The case of the day is JK v. VKP (Sweden S. Ct. 2022). No, I do not generally keep track of the Swedish Supreme Court; I picked up on the case at the excellent EAPIL Blog. A daughter sought child support from her father. She sought an order requiring the father to produce Danish tax……
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Event Announcement of the Day: ABLI/HCCH Event on COCA and the Judgments Convention
Readers, check out this interesting upcoming webinar on Cross-border Commercial Dispute Resolution – HCCH 2005 Choice of Court and 2019 Judgments Conventions., the second in a series jointly hosted by the Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)! Here is the announcement: The webinar will take place on……
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Lago Agrio: Second Circuit Affirms Conviction of Steven Donziger for Contempt of Court
Yesterday the Second Circuit affirmed Steven Donziger’s conviction on charges of contempt of court. Donziger did not challenge the judge’s findings of fact on appeal, and there was no real question about the facts at the trial. Instead, Donziger argued that his prosecution was unconstitutional because the prosecutor was a private lawyer appointed by the……