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Health Science Distributors Co. v. Usher-Sparks Revisited
Today we revisit the case of the day from October 28, 2011, Health Science Distributors Co. v. Usher-Sparks (M.D. Fla. 2012). Last time around, the judge held that Health Science had not shown that it had made adequate service of process on the individual defendants, Robert Usher-Sparks and Trevor Taylor, on on the institutional defendants,……
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Case of the Day: Khan Resources, Inc. v. Atomredmetzoloto JSC
HT to Antonin Pribetic for a pointer to today’s case of the day, Khan Resources, Inc. v. Atomredmetzoloto JSC, 2012 ONSC 1522. Khan Resources, Inc. and some affiliates entered into a joint venture with Atomredmetzoloto JSC (“AMRZ”), which is a subsidiary of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation—as its name suggests, a state enterprise. The……
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Case of the Day: Semtek International v. Information Satellite Systems
The case of the day is Semtek Interntional, Inc. v. Information Satellite Systems (D. Mass. 2012). Semtek had a contract with Merkuriy Ltd., a Russian company in the business of commercializing satellite capacity. Semtek sued Merkuriy and Pyotr Sivirin, Merkuriy’s executive director, claiming that Merkuriy and Sirivin breached the contract, which gave Semtek the right……
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Case of the Day: Glencore Ltd. v. Occidental Argentina Exploration & Production
The Case of the Day is Glencore Ltd. v. Occidental Argentina Exploration & Production, Inc. (S.D. Tex. 2012). Glencore had a contract with Sinopec, a Cayman Islands corporation doing business in Buenos Aires, for the delivery of crude oil to a vessel in Argentina for shipping to the United States. The claim was for demurrage.……
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Case of the Day: Dierig v. Lees Leisure Industries
The case of the day, Dierig v. Lees Leisure Industries, Ltd. (E.D. Ky. 2012), is yet another example of a US case holding that service by mail in Canada is permissible. I have suggested, in a series of posts and comments here and at Antonin Pribetic’s Trial Warrior Blog, that I think service by mail……