Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Tag: FSIA

  • Case of the Day: TIG Insurance v. Argentina

    The case of the day is TIG Insurance Co. v. Republic of Argentina (D.C. Cir. 2020). I last wrote about the case a year ago. Here was my description of the case from the prior post: TIG had an arbitral award against Argentina and a default judgment confirming the award that, with interest and penalties,……

  • Canada v. Merlini: Cert. Denied

    Canada v. Merlini: Cert. Denied

    The Supreme Court denied Canada’s petition for a writ of certiorari in the Merlini case, the case I brought against the government of Canada on behalf of a worker at the Canadian consulate injured on the job. You can read all my prior coverage here.

  • Case of the Day: Opati v. Sudan

    Here is a guest post from friend of Letters Blogatory Minyao Wang on Opati v. Sudan, the Supreme Court’s latest look at the FSIA. If I can editorialize about his last paragraph for a second: I don’t think that we should encourage Congress to think carefully about retroactivity when putting together a bill to allow……

  • Unmeritorious Case Of The Day: Missouri v. China

    I’m keeping an eye on Missouri v. People’s Republic of China, a case just filed in the Eastern District of Missouri. The claim is against the Chinese government and several ministries and local governments, as well as the Communist Party of China and two institutes whose status is unclear, the Wuhan Institute of Virology and……

  • Case of the Day: Francisco S. v. Aetna

    The case of the day is Francisco S. v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. (D. Utah 2020). Francisco S. was an employee of the World Bank. The Bank provided him with health benefits under a self-funded employee benefits plan. Aetna was the third-party administrator. Aetna denied a claim submitted for Francisco’s daughter, and Francisco sued Aetna……