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Case of the Day: Iskandar v. Embassy of Kuwait
The case of the day is Iskandar v. Embassy of the State of Kuwait (D.D.C. 2015). Randa Iskandar was a claims processor in the health office of the Kuwaiti embassy. She alleged that her supervisor had sexually abused her and retaliated against her after she complained. She sued the embassy. She served the summons and……
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Case of the Day: Helmerich & Payne v. Venezuela
The case of the day is Helmerich & Payne International Drilling v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (D.C. Cir. 2015). Helmerich & Payne, an Oklahoma oil company, operated in Venezuela through subsidiaries incorporated under Venezuelan law. Beginning in 2007, its subsidiary made contracts with the Venezuelan state oil company, PDVSA, for the use of the subsidiary’s……
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Case of the Day: Barot v. Zambia
The case of the day is Barot v. Embassy of the Republic of Zambia (D.C. Cir. 2015). I first wrote about the case in April 2014. The question in the case was whether dismissal was proper for failure to comply with the service of process provisions of the FSIA. As I noted in my prior……
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Case of the Day: Moriah v. Bank of China
The case of the day is Moriah v. Bank of China (S.D.N.Y. 2015). The case is related to Wultz v. Bank of China, which we saw in May 2013 and November 2012. The case involves a 2006 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. The Bank of China is alleged to be liable under the Anti-terrorism Act……
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Case of the Day: Continental Transfert Technique v. Nigeria
The case of the day, Continental Transfer Technique v. Nigeria (D.D.C. 2015), is a coda to the case of the day from January 29. The question related to post-judgment discovery the plaintiff sought to take from Nigeria.