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Case of the Day: dmarcian v. DMARC Advisor
The case of the day is dmarcian, Inc. v. DMARC Advisor BV (W.D.N.C. 2023). One of the big problems in email is distinguishing real emails from emails that appear to come from a particular domain but are fake. I can set up an email server to announce that the emails it sends are from any……
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Case of the Day: Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping
The case of the day is Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd. (E.D. La. 2022). I love this case. Kholkar Ganpat, an Indian national, was a seaman on the M/V Stargate, a ship operated by Eastern Pacific Singapore, a Singapore company. The vessel had traveled from Savannah, Georgia to Gabon, and then to Brazil.……
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Case of the Day: Stichting Shell Pensionenfonds v. Krys
The case of the day is Stichting Shell Pensionenfonds v. Krys [2014] UKPC 41. Shell, a Dutch pension fund, had invested in shares of Fairfield Sentry Ltd., a BVI mutual fund and the largest “feeder fund” for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, which needs no introduction. After Madoff’s arrest, Shell immediately sought to redeem……
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Case of the Day: Maroc Fruit Board v. M/V Almeda Star
The case of the day is Maroc Fruit Board, S.A. v. M/V Alemda Star (D. Mass. 2013). Like Maroc Fruit Bd. v. M/V Vinson, 2012 A.M.C. 2278 (D. Mass. 2012), which I covered last year, the case involved a claim of a shipment of fruit that went bad, but it seems that there were two……
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Case of the Day: Fellowes v. Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes Office Equipment Co.
The case of the day is Fellowes v. Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes Office Equipment Co. (N.D. Ill. 2012). Fellowes, an Illinois company, purchased paper shredders and other office products from Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes, a Chinese joint venture between Fellowes Hong Kong Ltd., apparently an affiliate of Fellowes, and Jiangsu Shinri Machinery Co. When Fellowes Hong Kong……