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Shaping the Battlefield
One day the Lago Agrio case will be over, but I am certain this is not the last time foreign plaintiffs will obtain a tort judgment abroad and seek to enforce it against a major US company in the US or elsewhere. (It may be the last time that happens after a forum non conveniens……
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Case of the Day: Montana Trucks, LLC v. UD Trucks North America, Inc.
The case of the day is Montana Trucks, LLC v. UD Trucks North America, Inc. (D. Mont. 2013). UD Trucks was headquartered in Saitama, Japan. Montana Trucks sought leave under FRCP 4(f)(3) to serve the summons and complaint by mail and courier, and to serve the documents without a translation. Let’s pause for a moment.……
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Case of the Day: Amtim Capital v. Appliance Recycling Centers of America
E-mail subscribers: This post has a lengthy footnote. Best read in your browser! Courtesy of esteemed fellow blogger and IJA Brigade member Antonin Pribetić, who clearly has found his muse again, the case of the day is Amtim Capital, Inc. v. Appliance Recycling Centers of America, 2013 ONSC 4867. Appliance Recycling, or ARCA, was a……
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New Papers By Ronald Brand
Professor Ronald A. Brand, who just over a year ago was caught slumming it here at Letters Blogatory, has published two new papers on SSRN that will be of interest to readers. The first, Jurisdictional Developments and the New Hague Judgments Project, is a brief look at developments in the US and European approaches to……
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Case of the Day: Yanyac v. Cazassa
The case of the day is Yanyac v. Cazassa (Conn. Super. Ct. 2013). The plaintiff, Tiffany Yanyac, brought a divorce action against Pedro Cazassa, who resided in Brazil. She sought leave to serve him by mail. The judge correctly recognized, apparently as a matter of first impression in the Connecticut state courts, that the Inter-American……