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Case of the Day: Newman v. Bulgaria
The case of the day is Newman v. Republic of Bulgaria (S.D.N.Y. 2017). Bulgaria owned a building in New York where its diplomats at the United Nations lived. The front entrance was covered by a canopy that covered the sidewalk in front of the building. The awning was supported by two posts, and two auxiliary……
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Case of the Day: HWB Victoria Strategies v. Argentina
The case of the day is HWB Victoria Strategies Portfolio v. Republic of Argentina (D. Kan. 2017). HWB and several other plaintiffs were judgment creditors of Argentina in the Argentine bond case I’ve written about before. They obtained a writ of attachment in the Cowley County Kansas court and attached two aircraft engines owned by……
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Case of the Day: Fuhr v. Credit Suisse
The case of the day is Fuhr v. Credit Suisse AG (11th Cir. 2017). Tim Fuhr claimed to be the heir of Dr. Ambrosius Wolfgang Bäuml, the last heir of the Wertheim family. Fuhr’s investigator, Gerda Mangliers, received from Renate Sgier, a Credit Suisse official, information about a Credit Suisse account that Mangliers claimed Bäuml……
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Case of the Day: In re Takata
The case of the day is In re Takata (S.D. Fla. 2017). The Takata multi-district litigation is the case involving allegedly defective Takata air bags. One of the defendants was BMW, the German automaker. The plaintiffs sought to serve process via the Hague Service Convention, but the Regional Court in Munich refused to serve the……
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Case of the Day: Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne
The case of the day is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. (S. Ct. 2017). I’ve covered the case twice before, in May 2015 and November 2016. Here was my statement of the facts from before: