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Case of the Day: Johns v. Van Brunt Motors
The case of the day is Johns v. Van Brunt Motors (N.Y. App. Div. 2011). Johns sued Faurecia S.A., a French corporation with offices in Nanterre, in the New York Supreme Court in Chemung County. Johns filed the summons and complaint with the court, but it served the defendant only with the summons and a……
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NML Capital Goes To Europe
NML Capital, one of Argentina’s creditors, has been trying to collect on a US judgment for years. As we saw in NML Capital v. Banco Central (2d Cir. 2011), the case of the day from July 8, 2011, the Second Circuit held that the assets of the Argentine Central Bank on deposit with the Federal……
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co.
We reported on Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. v. Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (S.D.N.Y. 2011) back in August. In the prior case, the court confirmed an arbitral award in favor of Thai-Lao Lignite against the government of Laos. Today’s case of the day, In re Application of Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. (D.D.C. 2011),……
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Case of the Day: Strauss v. Credit Lyonnais
The case of the day, Strauss v. Credit Lyonnais, S.A. (E.D.N.Y. 2011), raises issues we have not previously considered. The plaintiffs were American victims of terrorist attacks carried out in Jerusalem by Hamas, and members of their family. They sued Credit Lyonnais under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1992, alleging that the bank had provided material……
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Case of the Day: In re SNP Boat Service SA
The case of the day is In re SNP Boat Service SA (Bankr. S.D. Fla.). The court’s opinion is very short, which is unfortunate, because the case seems quite interesting and the court does not lay out all the facts. But the outlines seem clear enough. The case involves foreign intransigence about US discovery and……