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The 2020 Supreme Court Term for Letters Blogatory Readers
The 2020 term of the Supreme Court, which will begin in October, promises to be interesting for Letters Blogatory readers. Here are the cases I’m watching:
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Case of the Day: In re Hanwei Guo
Longtime readers know that one of the big open questions in Section 1782 practice is whether the statute reaches private international arbitrations. Is an arbitration of a typical business dispute a proceeding before a “foreign or international tribunal,” such that an interested person can seek discovery in the United States? The circuits are split, with……
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Case of the Day: EGI-VSR v. Coderch
The case of the day is EGI-VSR, LLC v. Coderch (11th Cir. 2020). EGI and Juan Carlos Celestino Coderch Mitjans were parties to an arbitration in Chile that resulted in an award granting specific performance of a stock purchase agreement to EGI, which had sought to sell its shares in a Chilean wine company, Viña……
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Case of the Day: Miango v. Democratic Republic of Congo
The case of the day is Miango v. Democratic Republic of Congo (D.D.C. 2020). Jacques Miango is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who lives in Maryland. In 2014, he participated at a protest across the street from the Capella Hotel in Washington. After President Kabila entered the hotel, Miango alleged that DRC……
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Case of the Day: Narbut v. Manulife
The case of the day is Narbut v. Manulife Financial Corp. (D. Mass. 2020). Paula Narbut alleged that she slipped and fell on a wet floor in the lobby of a building owned by Manulife, a Canadian company. She sued for negligence. Narbut made a request to the Canadian central authority to serve process on……