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Case of the Day: Cargill Financial v. Barshchovskiy
The case of the day is Cargill Financial Services International, Inc. v. Barshchovskiy (S.D.N.Y. 2024). Taras Barschchovskiy, described in a Minnesota Star Tribune headline as the “Ukrainian fruit juice kingpin,” was the losing party in an LCIA arbitration brought by Cargill on account of financing Cargill had provided to T.B. Fruit Group, Barshchovskiy’s company. Cargill……
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Regular, Ordinary Justice
“Why are you pushing for criminal charges against students who participated in campus protests? Why do you need your pound of flesh?” A nugget from an article in the Columbia Spectator, Columbia’s student newspaper, explains why American Jews are pushing, not for a pound of flesh, but for regular, ordinary justice. At a meeting of……
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Case of the Day: Spin Master Ltd. v. Aganv
The case of the day is Spin Master Ltd. v. Aganv (S.D.N.Y. 2024). It’s one of these “schedule A” cases brought against a bevy of accused IP infringers abroad. In this case, the claim is for infringement of trademarks related to the Rubik’s Cube, and the plaintiff asserted that the defendants were in China. The……
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Thoughts on the Situation in Lebanon
Hezbollah, an armed terrorist group in Lebanon that, by a bizarre kind of courtesy, people call a non-state actor even though it is much stronger and wields more power than the hapless Lebanese government, has fired thousands of rockets into Israel since October 8, when it began attacking to express support for what Hamas had……
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Case of the Day: Autotech v. Carbopress
The case of the day is Autotech Technology Development, Inc. v. Carbopress SpA (E.D. Mich. 2024). Autotech had a contract dispute with Carbopress, an Italian firm, and brought suit in federal court in Michigan. Carbopress sought issuance of a letter of request seeking to take the depositions of two witnesses in Italy. Autotech did not……