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The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Tag: arbitration

  • Case of the Day: Abdul Latif Jameel Transportation v. FedEx

    The case of the day is Abdul Latif Jameel Transportation Co. v. FedEx Corp. (6th Cir. 2019). The case is a big deal in the world of § 1782. One of the great open questions is whether a private international arbitral tribunal is a “tribunal” for purposes of the statute. There were some old cases……

  • Case of the Day: Crystallex v. Venezuela

    The case of the day is Crystallex International Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Veneuela (3d Cir. 2019). I last wrote about the case in October 2016. Crystallex, a Canadian company that had invested in a Venezuelan gold mining project, won a $1.2 billion aribtral award against Venezuela after that country nationalized the gold deposits and……

  • Case of the Day: Stemcor USA v. Cia Siderurgica

    The case of the day is Stemcor USA Inc. v. Cia Siderurgica do Para Cosipar (5th Cir. 2019). Daewoo International had a contract with AMT for the purchase of pig iron to be delivered in New Orleans. Thyssenkrupp Mannex GmbH also had a contract with AMT for the purchase of pig iron. AMT failed to……

  • Case of the Day: McDonnel Group v. Great Lakes Insurance

    The case of the day is McDonnel Group, LLC v. Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK Branch (5th Cir. 2019). McDonnel purchased a builder’s risk policy from a group of insurers. When the insurers denied a claim, McDonnel sued. The insurers argued that the case had to be arbitrated, because the insurance policy contained an agreement……

  • Case of the Day: Lamps Plus v. Varela

    Case of the Day: Lamps Plus v. Varela

    The case of the day is Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela (S. Ct. 2019). A hacker tricked Lamps Plus into disclosing tax information of more than a thousand employees. One of the employees, Frank Varela, was the victim of identity theft when someone using his information filed a fraudulent tax return in his name. Varela……