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Case of the Day: Water Splash v. Menon
The case of the day is Water Splash v. Menon (S. Ct. 2017). The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, put to rest the circuit split about whether Article 10(a) of the Hague Service Convention permits service of process by mail. Happily, the state and federal courts in the United States are all now on……
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Case of the Day: Amirit Technologies v. HTN Wireless
The case of the day is Amirit Technologies, Inc. v. HTN Wireless, Inc. (D.N.J. 2017). Amirit, a New Jersey telecommunications firm, sued HTN and one of Amirit’s former employees, Syed Muneeb Arshad. Amirit sought to serve process on Arshad in Connecticut unsuccessfully. HTN’s counsel told Amirit that Arshad was living in Pakistan. His address, though,……
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Case of the Day: Development Specialists v. Li
I cannot recommend today’s case of the day, Development Specialists, Inc. v. Li (In re Coudert Bros. LLP) (S.D.N.Y. 2017), highly enough. It’s an excellent piece of work by Judge Kenneth M. Karas, a rare tour de force through FRCP 4 and its interplay with the Service Convention. Coudert Brothers, a New York law firm,……
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Case of the Day: ECO Heating Systems v. Hamilton Engineering
The case of the day is ECO Heating Systems Groningen, N.V. v. Hamilton Engineering, Inc. (E.D. Mich. 2017). The case involves recognition of a foreign judgment and a claim that the foreign court lacked personal jurisdiction, just like yesterday’s case. But I want to focus on an odd issue of arbitrability in the case instead.……
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Case of the Day: CE Design Ltd. v. HealthCraft Products
The case of the day is CE Design Ltd. v. HealthCraft Products, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). CE Design was an Illinois company, defunct since 2010, and HealthCraft was a Canadian home health equipment firm. ING, a Canadian insurance company, was HealthCraft’s liability insurer. CE Design brought a class action complaint against HealthCraft in Chicago,……