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Case of the Day: Park Lane IBS v. Unbnd Group
The case of the day is Park Lane IBS LLC v. Unbnd Group Pty. Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2024). In a FINRA arbitration, the tribunal issued an award that granted some relief to Park Lane but denied its claim for indemnification and for attorney’s fees. Park Lane moved to set aside the award to the extent it……
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Case of the Day: Iraq Telecom v. Mustafa
The case of the day is Iraq Telecom Ltd. v. Mustafa (E.D. Pa. 2024). In 2019, Iraq Telecom filed an ex parte application under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 seeking leave to serve a subpoena on Dechert LLP seeking evidence for use in an ICC arbitration against Mustafa and others and a prospective lawsuit in the……
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Functus Officio at the Olympics? The Case of Jordan Chiles
US gymnast Jordan Chiles was great at the Olympics. She was part of the team that won the gold medal. In the floor exercises, she initially came in fifth place, but after an inquiry by her coach, who thought that Chiles hadn’t “received credit for her tour jeté with a full turn, a leaping element……
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Currency Conversion: Newer Isn’t Always Better
Friend of Letters Blogatory Bill Dodge had an interesting post at the Transnational Litigation Blog on Estate of Ke v. Yu, a new Fourth Circuit case suggesting that forum non conveniens should never be a defense in an award or judgment recognition case. I agree with that view 100%, because an enforcement case is (or……
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Case of the Day: Webuild v. WSP
The case of the day is Webuild S.p.A. v. WSP USA, Inc. (2d Cir. 2024). It’s a Section 1782 case seeking evidence for use in an ICSID arbitration asserting violations of the Panama-Italy bilateral investment treaty. The question in the case was whether an ICSID arbitral tribunal is a foreign or international tribunal for purposes……