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Case of the Day: Clear Spring v. Arch Nemesis
The case of the day is Clear Spring Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Arch Nemesis LLC (D. Kan. 2023). Arch Nemesis owned a yacht that sank off Mexico. It made a claim on Clear Spring, the insurer, which denied the claim and brought an action seeking a declaratory judgment that the policy was void.……
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Case of the Day: Carrillo v. Black Diamond Equipment
The case of the day is Carillo v. Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. (D. Wyo. 2023). The case was a wrongful death action based on an allegation that the decedent was lost after a ski accident and that his “avalanche beacon” was defectively designed. The plaintiff filed the case in the Teton County (Wyoming) District Court,……
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Case of the Day: Payward v. Chechetkin
The case of the day is Payward, Inc. v. Chechetkin, [2023] EWHC 1780 (Comm). Friend of Letters Blogatory Alexander Shirtcliff of Blake Morgan instructed counsel for Chechetkin, a British national living in England. Chechetkin signed up for an account with the Kraken online cryptocurrency exchange. His contract—a clickwrap contract— was with Payward Ltd. The contract……
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Case of the Day: United States v. SLH2021 S.A.
The case of the day is United States v. SLH2021 S.A. (E.D. La. 2023). The PS Dream was a Panamanian-flagged tanker that was held by the US Coast Guard pending an investigation for violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the statute implementing the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships.……
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Case of the Day: American Graphics Institute v. Noble Desktop NYC
The case of the day is American Graphics Institute, LLC v. Noble Desktop NYC, LLC (D. Mass. 2023). Noble was a consultant to AGI. The claim was that Noble had taken advantage of its position to learn about AGI’s “internal sales, marketing, promotional tactics, technical processes, and strategies,” to gain “access to AGI’s copyrighted works……