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Case of the Day: Diaz v. Galopy Corp.
The case of the day is Diaz v. Galopy Corp. International, N.V. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2018). In 2014, Anibal Montenegro Diaz, a Venezuelan lawyer, sued Galopy in a Venezuelan court for unpaid legal fees. In 2015, the court found in her favor on liability, and in 2016, it awarded Diaz the fees and sent the……
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Lago Agrio: More on the New Default Judgment
I didn’t set out to have so much Lago Agrio coverage this week, but there is something new to report. As I reported on April 11, long after Judge Kaplan entered his final judgment against Donziger and the two LAP representatives and long after the Second Circuit decided the appeal, Chevron asked the court to……
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Case of the Day: Desiano v. Envision Foods
The case of the day is Desiano v. Envision Foods, Inc. (Mass. Super. Ct. 2017). I love this one. Ralph Desiano had a Florida money judgment for nearly $200,000 against Envision. Desiano’s case against Envision had nothing to do with Massachusetts, and Envision was not subject to general personal jurisdiction here, either. But Envision was……
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Case of the Day: Sonic Finance v. Prima
The case of the day is Sonic Finance Inc. v. Prima Pte. Ltd. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2017). Sonic Finance and Mirage Finace owned two ships, the Sunray and the moonray. They contracted with Prima Pte. Ltd., a special-purpose entity set up for the transaction, for the purchase and sale of the Sunray. They contracted with……
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Case of the Day: CE Design Ltd. v. HealthCraft Products
The case of the day is CE Design Ltd. v. HealthCraft Products, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). CE Design was an Illinois company, defunct since 2010, and HealthCraft was a Canadian home health equipment firm. ING, a Canadian insurance company, was HealthCraft’s liability insurer. CE Design brought a class action complaint against HealthCraft in Chicago,……