Tag: Hague Service Convention

  • Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group: A Reply to Ted Folkman

    Cross-posted at The Trial Warrior. My blawging colleague, Ted Folkman over at Letters Blogatory, has an informative post about Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group, Inc. (D. Md. 2013) a recent Maryland District Court decision dealing with service of process under the Hague Service Convention (“Syncrude”). In Syncrude, the Plaintiff, Syncrude Canada Ltd. (“Syncrude”……

  • Case of the Day: Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group

    The case of the day is Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group, Inc. (D. Md. 2013). Syncrude sued Highland and two affiliates (two were Delaware corporations with offices in Maryland, the third a Swiss company doing business in Switzerland) in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench for breach of a consulting contract. The Highland……

  • MBS Moda v. Fuzzi SpA: Service By Mail Revisited

    The case of the day is MBS Moda, Inc. v. Fuzzi S.p.A. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2013). Fuzzi, a women’s clothing designer and manufacturer in Rimini, Italy, had a contract with MBS Moda under which MBS was Fuzzi’s agent and sales representative in New York and was entitled to as 12% commission on sales. MBS sued……

  • Case of the Day: United States v. 200 Acres of Land

    The case of the day is United States v. Real Property Known as 200 Acres of Land Near Farm to Market Road 2686, Rio Grande City, Texas (S.D. Tex. 2012). The government alleged that Carlos Alberto Oliva-Castillo, apparently also known as Carlos Ricardo Tirado Tamez, was the owner of a 200-acre parcel that he bought……

  • Case of the Day: Landauer Ltd. v. Joe Monani Fish Co.

    The case of the day, Landauer Ltd. v. Joe Monani Fish Co. (N.Y. App. Div. 2012), is a cautionary tale for foreign plaintiffs suing US companies abroad. It’s impossible to know what the case was about from the decision, but suffice it to say that Landauer had a money judgment from an English court against……