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Case of the Day: In re Marriage of Paddock and May
The case of the day is Paddock v. May (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). The husband and wife were married in the UK but later moved to Washington. The husband sought a legal separation in Washington, which was granted, and he moved to Wales. The husband’s lawyer withdrew from the case. Washington law provides that six……
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A Joyful Night
I have never had more fun at a concert than I had at the Taylor Swift Eras tour in Toronto last Thursday. It was a night filled with joy. Not the joy of vanquishing enemies or the joy of mocking the unfortunate or any of the other kinds of faux joy people seem to feel……
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Case of the Day: SEC v. Bowerman
The case of the day is SEC v. Bowerman (D. Mass. 2024). The SEC brought a securities fraud claim against Bowerman, who lived in the UK. According to the return of service, a “private process server” personally served the papers on Bowerman at an address in England. The SEC moved for entry of default when……
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Case of the Day: PNC Bank v. Baglien
The case of the day is PNC Bank v. Baglien (S.D. Tex. 2024). Friend of Letters Blogatory Maggie Gardner has a good post up about the case at the Transnational Litigation Blog. PNC sought to serve Baglien by process server in Calgary after a “skip trace” found an address for him there, but the effort……
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Case of the Day: Puris v. TikTok
The case of the day is Puris v. TikTok Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2024). Puris sued TikTok, Inc., a US company, and ByteDance Ltd., a Chinese company with a registered address in the Cayman Islands, for employment discrimination and related claims. TikTok waived service of process, and Puris served process on ByteDance Ltd. in the Cayman Islands.……