Tag: Germany

  • Case of the Day: Regal Games v. SellerX Eight

    The case of the day is Regal Games, LLC v. SellerX Eight GmbH (S.D.N.Y. 2024). Regal had a contract with SellerX, a German Company, for the sale of its Chalk City line of sidewalk chalk. Regal brought a claim for breach of contract. It asked SellerX to waive service under FRCP 4(d), but SellerX refused.……

  • Case of the Day: Doe v. Germany

    The case of the day is Doe v. Federal Republic of Germany (S.D.N.Y. 2023). It’s a weird one. A pseudonymous plaintiff, who claimed he was the person who leaked the Panama Papers, sued the German government for breach of contract, alleging that the government had breached a promise to pay him a portion of the……

  • “Tag Service” and Section 1782

    Bill Dodge has a really interesting post about a decision from the bench in an SDNY Section 1782 case, In re Fourworld Event Opportunities Fund. Decision like this are from the darkest corner of the legal dark web. They are not published. They are not available on Lexis or Westlaw, even as unpublished decisions. They……

  • Case of the Day: Monsanto v. Kilgore

    The case of the day is Monsanto Co. v. Kilgore (Ark. 2023). Cornelius Kilgore sued Monsanto in Drew County, Arkansas, alleging that he suffered from cancer that had been caused by his long-term exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup-brand products. They sought to take a deposition, by notice, of Bauman, the CEO of Bayer AG, Monsanto’s parent……

  • Case of the Day: SEC v. Knox

    The case of the day is SEC v. Knox (D. Mass. 2022). The SEC brought a fraud case against Roger Knox. Knox had used entities allegedly owned by Michael Gastauer to launder the proceeds of the fraud. Michael had transferred some of the laundered money to his father, Raimund Gastauer, and to entities the SEC……