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Case of the Day: Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. v. Grand China Shipping (Hong Kong) Co.
The case of the day is Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. v. Grand China Shipping (Hong Kong) Co. (S.D. Ala. 2012). According to the complaint, Hyundai chartered the vessel Global Commander to Grand China for approximately $60,000 per day for a period of 59 to 61 months. Hyundai claimed that Grand China owed nearly $20 million……
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Case of the Day: In re Mak
The case of the day is In re Mak (N.D. Cal. 2012). Michael Erik A.B. Mak Shun Ming Hotung was married to Chan Wei Guang. The two were in the midst of divorce proceedings in the Hong Kong courts. According to Mak, George J. Grover, a resident of California, gave an affidavit submitted to the……
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Tracfone Case Rightly Decided
I have commented critically on several decisions in the Southern District of Florida in cases brought by Tracfone against various foreign defendants. In one, the judge allowed a motion for leave to serve a subpoena on a non-party in witness in Canada. In another, the decision was not so clearly wrong but was strange and……
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The Curse of TracFone
Holy cow! TracFone is back in the Southern District of Florida. The first time we considered a TracFone case, I called the judge’s decision “one of those rare cases that is so wrong that I hope it does not get into the F. Supp.2d, so as to avoid misleading lawyers.” The second time, I wrote……
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Case of the Day: Pacific Worldwide v. Ample Bright Development
The case of the day is Pacific Worldwide, Inc. v. Ample Bright Development, Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2011). The Plaintiffs, Pacific Worldwide and Pacific International Alliance, are US apparel manufacturers. The defendants, Ample Bright Development, Ltd. and Fortune Enterprises, Ltd., are Hong Kong businesses that acted as the plaintiffs’ agents in Hong Kong. The facts of the……