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  • Case of the Day: Sergeeva v. Tripleton International

    The case of the day is Sergeeva v. Tripleton International Ltd. (11th Cir. 2016). Sergeeva brought an action in Russia against her husband, Mikhail Leopoldovich Dubin, for a division of marital assets. Sergeeva claimed that Dubin was “concealing and dissipating” marital assets “through and with the assistance of ‘offshore companies’ around the world.” According to…

    November 3, 2016

  • Case of the Day: Application of Vestolit GmbH

    The case of the day is Application of Vestolit GmbH (D. Del. 2025). Vestolit GmbH and Celanese Europe B.V. were defendants in a Dutch antitrust lawsuit brought by Shell Chemicals Europe, B.V. They brought an application in Delaware under Section 1782 seeking to serve a subpoena on Shell Chemical LP. The case illustrates a risk…

    March 16, 2025

  • Case of the Day: Ezeiruaku v. Bull

    The case of the day is Ezeiruaku v. Bull (3d Cir. 2015). Vincent Ezeiruaku, an American citizen, was detained by two officers of the Metropolitan Police, Dan Bull and David March, while traveling through Heathrow Airport. The officers seized $80,000 he had in his possession, and the UK government held the currency for fourteen months…

    November 23, 2015

  • Case of the Day: In re Broadsheet LLC

    The case of the day is In re Broadsheet LLC (D. Colo. 2011). Broadsheet had a contract with the National Accountability Bureau of the government of Pakistan. The contract gave Broadsheet, an Isle of Man company, the exclusive right to “recover assets misappropriated by Pakistani government officials”, presumably with some sort of revenue sharing between…

    October 24, 2011

  • Case of the Day: In re Republic of Turkey

    The case of the day is In re Republic of Turkey (D.N.J. 2020). The case presents one of the issues I’ve written about a few times as an academic curiosity, although neither the court nor the parties seem to have noticed it. The Turkish government sought discovery in the US in aid of an investment…

    May 20, 2020
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