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Article Of The Day: Oklahoma and Beyond
I read an interesting article on the somewhat hysterical statutes or constitutional amendments being enacted in Oklahoma and other US states purporting to bar the courts from making use of international law or Sharia law. The article, Martha F. Davis & Johanna Kalb, Oklahoma and Beyond: Understanding the Wave of State Anti-Transnational Law Initiatives, 87……
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Costa Correction
Due to an error in my HTML, today’s article on Costa v. Kerzner Int’l was garbled. I’ve corrected the problem. Those of you who received the garbled version by email or RSS can find the corrected version here.
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Case of the Day: Costa v. Kerzner International Resorts
Update: Due to a problem with my HTML, I published a garbled version of this article this morning. Here’s the corrected version! The case of the day is Costa v. Kerzner International Resorts, Inc. (S.D. Fla. 2011). Jennifer Costa, who had been a guest at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, sued the resort’s on……
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Case of the Day: Johns v. Van Brunt Motors
The case of the day is Johns v. Van Brunt Motors (N.Y. App. Div. 2011). Johns sued Faurecia S.A., a French corporation with offices in Nanterre, in the New York Supreme Court in Chemung County. Johns filed the summons and complaint with the court, but it served the defendant only with the summons and a……
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Case of the Day: Verve Communications v. Software International
The case of the day is Verve Communications Pvt. Ltd. v. Software International, Inc. (D.N.J. 2011). Verve was an Indian company that had a contract to perform services for Software International. The agreement had an arbitration clause calling for arbitration “on the papers, with no live witnesses or appearances by any party”, under the AAA……