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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……
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Case of the Day: Zobay v. MTN Group Ltd.
The case of the day is Zobay v. MTN Group Ltd. (E.D.N.Y. 2024). The claim is that the defendants, including ZTE and Huawei, conspired with foreign terrorist organizations “targeting Americans in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Europe.” The plaintiffs brought claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act on behalf of people “killed or wounded while serving……
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Case of the Day: Cargill Financial v. Barshchovskiy
The case of the day is Cargill Financial Services International, Inc. v. Barshchovskiy (S.D.N.Y. 2024). Taras Barschchovskiy, described in a Minnesota Star Tribune headline as the “Ukrainian fruit juice kingpin,” was the losing party in an LCIA arbitration brought by Cargill on account of financing Cargill had provided to T.B. Fruit Group, Barshchovskiy’s company. Cargill……
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Case of the Day: Spin Master Ltd. v. Aganv
The case of the day is Spin Master Ltd. v. Aganv (S.D.N.Y. 2024). It’s one of these “schedule A” cases brought against a bevy of accused IP infringers abroad. In this case, the claim is for infringement of trademarks related to the Rubik’s Cube, and the plaintiff asserted that the defendants were in China. The……
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The Special Commission on Service by Email, Part 1
The Special Commission on the practical operation of the Service, Evidence, and Access to Justice Conventions has just completed its 2024 meeting and, at last, taken on the issue of service by email under the Hague Service Convention. Its conclusions are welcome and should have a significant influence on US courts’ decisions, which in recent……