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Service of Process Since 2016: What’s New?
The fourth edition of the Practical Handbook on the Operation of the Service Convention was published in 2016. With a meeting of the Special Commission likely to take place next year, it’s a good time to step back and ask: what have been the major American developments in the law of service since then? I……
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Case of the Day: ShelterZoom Corp. v. Goroshevsky
The case of the day is Shelterzoom Corp. v. Goroshevsky (SDNY 2020). It’s the latest in the line of cases I love to hate, stemming ultimately from Gurung v. Malhotra: cases authorizing service of process by email in cases governed by the Hague Service Convention where the defendant is in a country that has objected……
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Event recap: The Hague Service and Evidence Conventions
Readers, if you weren’t there on Monday for the discussion on Service of Process and Taking of Evidence Abroad, you missed a very interesting and engaging discussion. There were some dramatic moments, or dramatic at least if international judicial assistance is your thing. Continue Reading Event recap: The Hague Service and Evidence Conventions
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Case of the Day: Habas Sinai Ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal v. International Technology & Knowledge
The case of the day is Habas Sinai Ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal A.S. v. International Technology & Knowledge Co. (W.D. Pa. 2019). The claim was on a sales contract: Habas Sinai claimed that ITK and Intekno Teknoloji Transfer Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. failed to deliver goods as agreed, requiring Habas Sinai to buy replacements at……
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Case of the Day: Safavieh International v. Chengdu Junsen Fengrui Tech. Co.
The case of the day is Safavieh International, LLC v. Chengdu Junsen Fengrui Technology Co. (SDNY 2023). Safavieh was a New York rug design company. It alleged that Chengdu Junsen Fengrui, a Chinese rug company, was selling rugs on Amazon that infringed its design copyrights. Safavieh began by serving Amazon with a “takedown notice” under……