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Case of the Day: Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society v. Russian Federation
The case of the day is Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pa. v. Russian Federation (D.D.C. 2025). In 2017, the Russian government seized the headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in St. Petersburg. The property is now used as a state-owned medical research facility. The Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, a Jehovah’s Witnesses…
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Case of the Day: Freedom Watch v. OPEC
The case of the day is Freedom Watch v. OPEC (D.D.C. 2013). Freedom Watch, a right-wing organization that accuses the “Obama-Clinton regime” of “using the economic crisis as an excuse to turn our nation into a socialist Euro-style welfare state,” sued OPEC on antitrust theories. I am going to go out on a limb here…
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Case of the Day: In re Kleimar N.V.
The case of the day is In re Application of Kleimar N.V. (S.D.N.Y. 2016). Kleimar was engaged in an arbitration against Dalian Dongzhan Group Co. before the London Maritime Arbitration Association. Kleimer brought a § 1782 application seeking leave to take discovery from Vale S.A., a non-party, for use in the arbitration. The issue was…