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What’s Going On In The First Circuit?
I follow developments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit more closely than I follow any other circuit, because it’s based here in Boston, so in the latest Letters Blogatory frolic and detour post, I ask: what’s going on in the judges’ chambers? This week saw the second of two significant recent……
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Case of the Day: Suzlon Energy v. Microsoft
Today’s case of the day, Suzlon Energy Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp. (9th Cir. 2011), is another case involving the Stored Communications Act. Suzlon brought a judicial assistance application seeking to serve a subpoena on Microsoft for the contents of emails from the Hotmail account of Sridhar, an Indian national, for use in a civil case……
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More on Preliminary Relief Before Service Of Process
In recent posts on 3M Co. v. Christian Investments LLC and H-D Michigan, LLC v. Hellenic Duty-Free Shops, S.A., I opined that given that courts have jurisdiction to enter temporary restraining orders binding foreign defendants before service of process, they should also have jurisdiction to enter preliminary injunctions before service of process, as long as……
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Case of the Day: Tricon Energy, Ltd. v. Vinmar International Ltd.
The case of the day is Tricon Energy Ltd. v. Vinmar International, Ltd. (S.D. Tex. 2011). Vinmar and Tricon were both US companies in the aromatics industry. Vinmar had contracted to purchase 5,000 metric tons of mixed xylene from Tricon for delivery in Asia. Tricon accused Vinmar of breaching the contract and demanded arbitration. The……