Tag: India

  • Strange Apostille Case of the Day: In re Kamalnathan

    The case of the day is In re Kamalnathan (Cal. App. 2022). The case was a divorce case. The wife argued that certain properties in India were community property, and she offered some deeds to support her claim. The husband argued that the deeds should be excluded because the wife had not shown they were……

  • Case of the Day: Seagate Technology v. Goel

    The case of the day is Seagate Technology, LLC v. Goel (Cal. App. Ct. 2022). The case is a followup to Rockefeller v. Changzhou Sinotype, 460 P.3d 764 (Cal.), cert. denied, 141 S. Ct. 374 (2020). Rockefeller, you’ll recall, was the case where the California Supreme Court held that parties could contract around a foreign……

  • Case of the Day: Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping

    Case of the Day: Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping

    The case of the day is Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd. (E.D. La. 2022). I love this case. Kholkar Ganpat, an Indian national, was a seaman on the M/V Stargate, a ship operated by Eastern Pacific Singapore, a Singapore company. The vessel had traveled from Savannah, Georgia to Gabon, and then to Brazil.……

  • Case of the Day: Axtria v. OKS Group

    Case of the Day: Axtria v. OKS Group

    Letters Blogatory takes on a new issue: the misuse of Aerospatiale in Evidence Convention cases Continue Reading Case of the Day: Axtria v. OKS Group

  • Case of the Day: Amazon.com v. Robojap Techs.

    The interpretation of Article 10 of the Hague Service Convention continues to be the most vexing international service of process issue facing US courts. Article 10(a) preserves “the freedom to send judicial documents, by postal channels, directly to persons abroad … [p]rovided the State of destination does not object.” Does this provision allow for service via email,……