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Case of the Day: Wimbledon Financing Master Fund v. Weston Capital Management
The case of the day is Wimbledon Financing Master Fund, Ltd. v. Weston Capital Management, LLC (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2017). Wimbledon sued Keith Laslop for aiding and abetting a fraud. After Wimbledon asserted that Laslop had been “duly served … in Canada in accordance with the Hague Convention” (by mail, according to the return of……
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Updated Hague Conference Status Tables
In November 2016 I noted the Conclusions and Recommendations of the 2016 Special Commission on the operation of the Apostille Convention, which pointed out the possibility of improving the status tables on the Hague Conference website. At the time, the status tables, at least for the Service, Evidence, and Apostille Conventions, did not show a……
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Case of the Day: RCC Ventures v. Brandtone Holdings
The case of the day is RCC Ventures, LLC v. Brandtone Holdings, Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2017). RCC was in the business of introducing businesses to institutional lenders. Brandtone was an Irish firm with its offices in Dublin. RCC had a claim against Brandtone for money it claimed was due under an exclusive debt financing agreement. Brandtone……
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Case of the Day: Marks Law Offices v. Mireskandari
The case of the day is Marks Law Offices LLC v. Mireskandari (3d Cir. 2017). The defendants, Shahrokh Mireskandari and Paul Baxendale-Walker, had hired Bruce Marks to represent them in a RICO case. Based on a decision from California, it seems that Mireskandari and Baxendale-Walker were two English solicitors who had been “struck off,” as……
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Case of the Day: Seaboard Marine v. Magnum Freight
The case of the day is Seaboard Marine Ltd. v. Magnum Freight Corp. (S.D. Fla. 2017). Seaboard sought leave to serve process on two defendants, CVG Aluminos and Terminales, in Costa Rica, by mail, and to submit the return receipt as proof of service.