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Judicial Review under the Hague Service Convention in Germany
IJA Brigade correspondent Peter Bert returns today with a post on the procedure under which a German defendant can challenge service of process under the Hague Service Convention in the German courts after service has been made. I had asked Peter a question about this in another context, and he was good enough to expand……
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The Hague Service Convention, Default Judgments, and Deemed Service under German Law
IJA Brigade member Peter Bert has a very interesting post today on the Hague Service Convention under German law. In a series of new cases, the Bundesgerichtshof has held that only the initial document, not later documents, must be served in accordance with the Convention. This view is in accord with the the view of……
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Case of the Day: Markin v. Grohmann
The case of the day is Markin v. Grohmann (Idaho 2012). In 1997, Thomas Grohmann sued Ron Markin on a promissory note Markin had given Grohmann in 1988 connection with a half-million dollar business loan. The suit was in the Central District of California. The parties settled the suit, and their settlement agreement provided that……
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Case of the Day: Ex Parte LG Electronics Deutschland
The case of the day is Ex Parte LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH (S.D. Cal. 2012). The decision is a fairly routine and orthodox example of a § 1782 request that was rightly granted. LG sought leave to serve a subpoena on Qualcomm, Inc. to obtain information for use in patent infringement suits in Germany and……
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Case of the Day: Ex Parte Apple
Judge James Ware, the author of yesterday’s case of the day, is back today in Ex Parte Apple Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2012). The underlying litigation, which involved lawsuits in the United States and in Germany, was between Motorola and Apple. Apple made an ex parte application for judicial assistance seeking issuance of a subpoena to……