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Case of the Day: Love-Less Ash Co. v. Asia Pacific Construction
The case of the day is Love-Less Ash Co. v. Asia Pacific Construction, LLC (D. Utah 2021). Love-Less brought a claim against Ka Yee Wong and others. The opinion doesn’t discuss the substance of the claim. Love-Less sought leave to serve the defendant by email. He was believed to be in mainland China or in……
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Case of the Day: Scalin v. Société Nationale SNCF
The case of the day is Scalin v. Société Nationale SNCF SA (7th Cir. 2021). The plaintiffs were the descendants of Jews in France whom the authorities sent to death camps on trains operated by the French national railroad, the defendant. The railroad workers stole the Jews’ belongings and gave them to the Nazis, and……
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Case of the Day: Moskovits v. Brazil
A pro se plaintiff wins reconsideration of a jurisdictional dismissal in an FSIA case Continue Reading Case of the Day: Moskovits v. Brazil
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Case of the Day: CLMS Management Services v. Amwins Brokerage
Does the McCarran-Ferguson Act “reverse preempt” federal law when it requires arbitration of an insurance dispute? Continue Reading Case of the Day: CLMS Management Services v. Amwins Brokerage
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Case of the Day: Kumtor Gold Co. v. Kyrgyz Republic
Okay, today’s case of the day, Kumtor Gold C. v. Kyrgyz Republic (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2021), raises an interesting issue. Kumtor Gold Co., a subsidiary of Centerra Gold (a Canadian firm), managed a gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. It filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in New York after the Kyrgyz government seized the mine in May.……