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Case of the Day: Bleier v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland
The case of the day is Bleier v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland (N.D. Ill. 2011). The case is a putative class action. The plaintiffs claim that they are the holders of pre-WWII German bonds, on which Germany ceased making repayments in 1933. The substantive point in the case was whether the court had subject-matter jurisdiction in light……
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Case of the Day: Lufthansa Technik AG v. Astronics Corp.
The case of the day is Lufthansa Technik AG v. Astronics Corp. (W.D.N.Y. 2011). Lufthansa had a patent on power supply technology for use in the passenger cabin of commercial aircraft. It sued Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems, Inc., in Germany for patent infringement. Astronics AES filed its own suit in Germany seeking to invalidate the……
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Case of the Day: Tang v. CS Clean Systems AG
In the case of the day Po-Hi Tang v. CS Clean Systems AG (S.D. Cal. 2011), the plaintiff transmitted a summons and complaint to the German central authority for service. When trouble arose, the court authorized service of process by alternate means, namely, on a US lawyer who had previously represented the defendant is US……
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Case of the Day: In re Toft
Today’s case of the day, In re Toft (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2011), involves attempts by the creditors of Dr. Jürgen Toft, a celebrity knee surgeon in Munich, to obtain recognition and enforcement of a “Mail Interception Order” granted by a German insolvency court, which would, in effect, give the administrator of Toft’s bankruptcy estate in Germany……
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Case of the Day: Mitchell v. Volkswagen Group of America
The case of the day, Mitchell v. Volkswagen Group of Am., Inc. (N.D. Ga. 2010), shows the importance of checking the text of reservations to the Hague Conventions in their original language rather than relying on the English translation on the Hague Conference website. The claim was for product liability that resulted in the death……