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Recognition of foreign judgments in defamation cases: the SPEECH Act
Gilles Cuniberti has posted the abstract of Lili Levi’s new paper on The Problem of Trans-national Libel at Conflict of Laws.net, as has Antonin I. Pribetic at the Trial Warrior Blog. The paper discusses the SPEECH Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 4101-4105, which was enacted last year. Because the SPEECH Act provides a rule of non-recognition……
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Case of the Day: New York State Thruway Authority v. Fenech
The case of the day is New York State Thruway Authority v. Fenech (N.Y. App. Div. 2012). The question was whether service by mail is permissible where the defendant is in Canada. There was no question in the case that New York law permitted service by mail; the question was whether the service also comported……
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Guest Post: Comments on the Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Enforcement Action in Canada
I asked esteemed fellow blogger Antonin I. Pribetic to help me and Letters Blogatory readers get a grip on the Canadian law that will be at issue in the new Ontario case, and I’m delighted he’s agreed. Antonin is a trial and appellate lawyer practicing in Toronto with a focus on international litigation and arbitration.……
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Major Jurisdictional Decisions In Canada
Canadian lawyers are pretty excited about a series of decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada on personal jurisdiction of foreign defendants and forum non conveniens. H/T to esteemed fellow-bloggers Kenneth Dekker of The Litigator and Antonin Pribetic of The Trial Warrior, who have both posted on the cases. I will leave the real commentary……
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Case of the Day: In re LLS America
Today’s case of the day, Kriegman v. Cooper (In re LLS America, LLC) (Bankr. E.D. Wash. 2012), is yet another case standing for the proposition that as a matter of US law, service by mail is permissible in Canada. Frank and Miller, both of British Columbia, were investors in what may or may not have……