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By Ted Folkman

Case of the Day: 3M Co. v. Christian Investments LLC

The case of the day, 3M Co. v. Christian Investments LLC (E.D. Va. 2011), poses the question whether a foreign defendant who has not yet been served by process can be bound by a preliminary injunction. 3M, the multinational company headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, owns the “3M” trademark and has registered many domain names……

September 7, 2011
Developments in the Boston College Belfast Project Case

Last week, there was a new development in the UK’s efforts to obtain judicial assistance in the US and obtain materials from the Belfast Project, Boston College’s oral history project on the conflict in Northern Ireland, for use in a UK criminal prosecution. Our previous coverage is here and here. Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre,……

September 6, 2011
We’re Back! Case of the Day: In re Application of Gushlak

Letters Blogatory is back from vacation. We have some interesting cases coming up in the next few days! Also, if you like what you read here, please take a minute to nominate Letters Blogatory for the ABA Blawg 100. The time for nominations ends in a few days. Before turning to the case of the……

September 6, 2011
Summer Break

Letters Blogatory will be on vacation next week—Ontario here I come! Regular postings will resume after Labor Day. For readers in the northern hemisphere, I hope you have an enjoyable end to your summer. For those of you in Australia, Brazil, South Africa, and elsewhere in the southern hemisphere, spring is near!

August 26, 2011
Case of the Day: Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. v. Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Lignite is a low-quality coal used for generating electricity. The Hongsa region of Laos, near the Thai border, has it, and in the early 1990s, Thailand needed to import electricity. And so a joint venture was born. Thai-Lao Lignite, a Thai company, entered into a Project Development Agreement with the Lao government giving it exclusive……

August 25, 2011

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