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Case of the Day: In re Application of High Point SARL
In the case of the day, In re Application of High Point SARL (N.D. Ill. 2011), two of our main concerns here at Letters Blogatory, the judicial assistance statute and service of process, collide. High Point, a Luxembourg company, had sued KPN B.V. for infringement of a European patent in the District Court for the……
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Case of the Day: In re Grand Jury Subpoena
The Case of the Day is In re Grand Jury Subpoena (4th Cir. 2011). Because the case involves a grand jury proceeding, the opinion does not disclose the identities of the relevant parties. It seems likely to me, based on a press release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, that “Company……
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Case of the Day: Day v. Cornèr Bank (Overseas) Ltd.
Judge Lamberth, describing the allegations in the Case of the Day, Day v. Cornèr Bank (Overseas) Ltd. (D.D.C. 2011), wrote that they detailed “a sordid affair straight out of a Hollywood script—or at least a second-rate mystery novel.” The plaintiff was Tonya Kay Day. According to Day’s complaint, several years ago her mother, Lavera Jean Foelgner, told……
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News of the Day: Perry v. Duoyuan Printing, Inc.
My colleague Dan Lyne called to my attention Perry v. Duoyuan Printing, Inc., a putative class action in the Southern District of New York alleging securities fraud against a Chinese company whose stock trades in the US and is registered with the SEC. According to the Complaint, Duoyuan Printing made an initial public offering in……