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Case of the Day: Hughes v. Ashton
The case of the day Hughes v. Ashton (Cal. Ct. App. 2011), a case on service of process in Chile, is clear and well-reasoned. Three cheers for Judge Reardon! Hughes and Ashton had a dispute over real property in California that they had jointly owned. Hughes wrote a letter concerning the dispute to Ashton at……
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Case of the Day Chevron Corp. v. Salazar
The battle before Judge Kaplan continues in the Lago Agrio case. All our prior coverage is here. Today’s case of the day, Chevron Corp. v. Salazar (S.D.N.Y. 2011), relates to Chevron’s efforts to take the depositions of three of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ Ecuadorian lawyers, Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, Juan Pablo Saenz, and Julio Prieto Mendez,……
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Case of the Day: JB Custom, Inc. v. Amadeo Rossi, S.A.
The case of the day is JB Custom, Inc. v. Amadeo Rossi, S.A. (N.D. Ind. 2011). JB Custom, a firearm manufacturer, designed and sold the “Mare’s Leg”, a custom lever-action gun. It sued Amadeo Rossi and Forjas Taurus, two Brazilian firms, for trademark infringement and for breach of an “exclusivity agreement”. JB Custom attempted to……
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Case of the Day: Derrevere v. Mirabella Foundation
The Case of the Day is Jon D. Derrevere, P.A. v. Mirabella Foundation (M.D. Fla. 2011). Derrevere was Mirabella’s lawyer. He had represented Mirabella, apparently a Panamanian entitiy, in Naseer v. Mirabella Foundation, in which Mirabella was accused of a fraudulent transfer of real estate. Although Panama is a party to the Inter-American Convention on……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Distribuidora Batiz CGH, S.A. de C.V.
The Case of the Day is United States v. Distribuidora Batiz CGH, S.A. de C.V. (S.D. Cal. 2011). According to the complaint, Distribuidora Batiz, a Mexican firm, gave a promissory note to First National Bank in San Diego. The note was guaranteed by several members of the Batiz family and other Batiz business entities. The note……