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Case of the Day: De Beers Centenary AG v. Hasson
The Case of the Day, De Beers Centenary AG v. Hasson (S.D. Fla. 2010), is a bizzare nuisance suit that the court properly dismissed and, maybe, a reminder of why it is a good thing that we leave a role for the courts in deciding threshold questions of arbitrability. Hasson had been convicted of wire……
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Case of the Day: AT&T Mobility LLC v. Conception
The Case of the Day, AT&T Mobility LLC v. Conception (S.Ct. 2011), is a significant domestic arbitration case that is outside the official Letters Blogatory scope of coverage, but I’m going to cover it anyway, because I really don’t understand the rationale of the case. The Conceptions were AT&T Mobility customers. Their contract with AT&T……
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Case of the Day: Sojitz Corp. v. Prithvi Information Solutions Ltd.
HT to Gary Born and Thomas Snider, whose recent post at the Kluwer Arbitration Blog brought to light the Case of the Day, Sojitz Corp. v. Prithvi Information Solutions Ltd. (App. Div. 2011). (Conflict of Laws.net also has a post on the case). Sojitz involves an aspect of judicial assistance that we haven’t previously considered here, namely,……
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Case of the Day: Zeevi Holdings Ltd. v. Republic of Bulgaria
The Case of the Day, Zeevi Holdings Ltd. v. Republic of Bulgaria (S.D.N.Y. 2011), is an unusual case involving the intersection between the New York Convention and exclusive choice of forum agreements. Zeevi, an Israeli firm, had a contract with an agency of the Bulgarian government (but not with Bulgaria itself) to purchase shares in……
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Digest for April 6, 2011
GSS Group Ltd. v. National Port Auth. (D.D.C. 2011). Dismissing a petition to confirm an award in an arbitration between a British Virgin Islands company and a quasi-governmental Liberian corporation on the grounds that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the Liberian defendant, notwithstanding the plaintiff’s argument that as a foreign state-owned corporation had no……