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Case of the Day: LS Energia v. Corporation Electrica Nacional
The case of the day is LS Energia Inc. v. Electrica Nacional S.A. (S. D. Fla. 2023). LS Energia, a Florida company, and its Panamanian affiliate brought an action against Venezuela and its state-owned oil and electric companies. The plaintiffs had begun by seeking to serve all three defendants by diplomatic channels under 28 U.S.C.…
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Case of the Day: Braverman Kaskey v. Toidze
The case of the day is Braverman Kaskey P.C. v. Toidze (E.D. Pa. 2013). Braverman Kaskey, the law firm that represented Maya Toidze in Cook v. Toidze, the case of the day from July 1, 2013, sued her, asserting that she had failed to pay legal fees. When the firm still represented Toidze, she resided…
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Case of the Day: EGI-VSR v. Coderch
The case of the day is EGI-VSR, LLC v. Coderch (11th Cir. 2020). EGI and Juan Carlos Celestino Coderch Mitjans were parties to an arbitration in Chile that resulted in an award granting specific performance of a stock purchase agreement to EGI, which had sought to sell its shares in a Chilean wine company, Viña…
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Case of the day: Whoop v. Serinity Group
The case of the day is Whoop, Inc. v. Serinity Group (D. Mass. 2026). The case is, in a sense, routine, but I wanted to write about it because it’s a Massachusetts decision, because I like the “Whoop” company name, and because it illustrates a couple of familiar but still useful points about service by…