-
Case of the Day: PNC Bank v. Baglien
The case of the day is PNC Bank v. Baglien (S.D. Tex. 2024). Friend of Letters Blogatory Maggie Gardner has a good post up about the case at the Transnational Litigation Blog. PNC sought to serve Baglien by process server in Calgary after a “skip trace” found an address for him there, but the effort……
-
Case of the Day: In re Insurance Co. of British Columbia
The case of the day is In re Insurance Co. of British Columbia (D. Ariz. 2024). I am giving it that name, even though the caption says, unhelpfully, “In re Ex Parte Application Pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Arbitration Act and A.R.S. § 12-1507 For An Order To Provide Documents And/Or Appear Remotely……
-
Case of the Day: Baikowitz v. Jacobson
Happy new year! The case of the day is Baikowitz v. Jacobson (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2023). Baikowitz, the curator of his father’s property, sued Jacobson in Montreal seeking to recover $750,000, which he said his father had invested in several of Jacobson’s projects, on the grounds that his father had been mentally impaired when he……
-
South West Terminal v. Achter Land & Cattle: The Case of the Thumbs Up Emoji
The case of the day is South West Terminal Ltd. v. Achter Land & Cattle Ltd., 2023 SKKB 116, a Saskatchewan breach of contract case. It’s not a typical Letters Blogatory case, but it’s fun, and I expect to see it in contract casebooks in the future. Law students my remember it as the “thumbs……
-
Canada Accedes to the Apostille Convention
Canada has acceded to the Apostille Convention. The Convention will come into effect for Canada in January 2024. This is actually pretty big news, given the volume of US/Canada cross-border business, the number of families with roots on both sides of the border, and the generally close and friendly ties between the two countries. The……