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Case of the Day: Diamond Films Netherlands v. TV Azteca
The case of the day is Diamond Films Netherlands Cooperatief v. TV Azteca S.A.B. de C.V. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2024). Diamond sued TV Azteca in New York to enforce a Renegotiation and Free Television Output Agreement between the parties. Its lawyers sent a letter of request to the Mexican central authority (under the Hague Service……
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Case of the Day: Marriage of Quijada and Dominguez
Friend of Letters Blogatory Melissa Kucinski has an excellent post about Marriage of Quijada and Dominguez (Ariz. 2024), an interesting case about domicile in divorce. The spouses moved to Arizona on TN and TD visas. These are special nonimmigrant visas, created under NAFTA, for workers in certain professional fields who have jobs in their field……
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The Jorge Glas Affair
Jorge Glas is an Ecuadoran electrical engineer who served as vice president in the Correa administration. He stayed in office briefly under Correa’s successor, Lenín Moreno, but he was convicted of accepting millions of dollars in bribes in the Odebrecht scandal. He served years in prison and was later sentenced to many more years in……
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Case of the Day: Voltage Pictures v. Gussi
The case of the day is Voltage Pictures LLC v. Gussi S.A. de C.V. (9th Cir. 2024). Voltage was an LA film production company. Gussi was a Mexican film distributor. The two companies had an agreement for the distribution of Ava in Latin America. Who is Ava, you ask? She is played by Jessica Chastain.……
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Case of the Day: Voltage Pictures v. Gussi
The case of the day is Voltage Pictures, LLC v. Gussi, S.A. de C.V. (C.D. Cal. 2022). Voltage is a film production and distribution company in Los Angeles. Gussi was a Mexican company. The parties had a contract for the distribution of the film “Ava” in Latin America. There was a dispute that resulted in……