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Save The Date: HCCH a|Bridged
Readers, the Hague Conference on Private International Law is hosting a conference on the use of IT in connection with the Hague Service Convention. The conference is the first in a planned series called “HCCH a|Bridged,” which are meant to be more informal than meetings of the Special Commission. The event will be held on……
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Paper of the Day: Contracting Around the Hague Service Convention
John Coyle, Robin Effron, and Maggie Gardner have published a short, interesting paper on contracting around the Hague Service Convention. The genesis of the paper is Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII v. Changzhou SinoType Technology Company, Ltd., which I wrote about in October 2018. I am always pleased when a law professor’s take on the……
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Case of the Day: Mountain Crest v. Anheuser-Busch InBev
The case of the day is Mountain Crest SRL, LLC v. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (7th Cir. 2019). Mountain Crest sued Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors, claiming the two companies had conspired to keep Mountain Crest out of the business of exporting beer to Ontario by boycotting the LCBO, Ontario’s government-run liquor store, to force it to……
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Case of the Day: NOCO Co. v. Khaustov
The case of the day is NOCO Co. v. Khaustov (N.D. Ohio 2019). NOCO accused Yan Khaustov of trademark infringement because he was selling alleged knockoffs via Amazon. The question was whether the court should authorize NOCO to serve process on Khaustov, in Russia, via email.
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Elephant Habeas Case: Connecticut Appellate Court Holds Elephants Are Not Persons
It will surprise no one except Steven Wise that in today’s case, Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. v. R.W. Commerford & Sons, Inc. (Conn. App. Ct. 2019), the court affirmed dismissal of a habeas corpus petition brought on behalf of three elephants in a zoo on jurisdictional grounds, as the elephants are not persons with standing……