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Case of the Day: Servotronics v. Rolls-Royce
The case of the day is Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC (7th Cir. 2020). I wrote about a related Fourth Circuit case earlier this year. The case deepens the circuit split on whether Section 1782 reaches private foreign arbitrations. The Fourth and Sixth Circuits have recently said “yes.” The Second and Fifth Circuits had said……
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Supreme Court Update
Today is the first day of the Supreme Court’s October 2020 term. Unfortunately, the Court denied my petition for cert. in the Changzhou SinoType case. Of course, “petition denied” is always the statistically likely outcome, but I felt that we gave this as good a shot as we could, and I and others more knowledgeable……
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Changzhou SinoType v. Rockefeller: More Developments
Readers, there were two new developments in the Changzhou SinoType case yesterday. First, the Chinese government sent a letter to the Department of Justice expressing its objections to the California court’s decision permitting service by postal channels in China in a case where the Hague Service Convention applied. The letter was dated Sunday. I’d like……
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Lawyers For Biden Event Moderated By Chuck Kotuby: Check It Out!
Friend of Letters Blogatory Chuck Kotuby of Jones Day is moderating a great panel at a “Lawyers for Biden” event on October 1. Small world: I too am a “lawyer for Biden!” The panelists are Harold Hongju Koh, John B. Bellinger III, and David Carden. That’s quite a line-up! The topic is “A Virtual Conversation……
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Changzhou SinoType v. Rockefeller: Amicus Update
A group of outstanding scholars filed an amicus brief in support of my petition for cert. in Changzhou SinoType v. Rockefeller Technology. The group includes (in alphabetical order) George Bermann (Columbia), Hannah Buxbaum (Indiana), John Coyle (UNC), Robin Effron (Brooklyn), Maggie Gardner (Cornell), David Stewart (Georgetown), and Louise Ellen Teitz (Roger Williams). Andrew Hessick, Richard……