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Paper of the Day: Baumgartner & Whytock on Enforcement of Judgments, Systemic Calibration, and the Global Law Market
Baumgartner and Whytock have published an interesting new paper questioning the need for systemic inadequacy as a basis for judgment nonrecognition. Continue Reading Paper of the Day: Baumgartner & Whytock on Enforcement of Judgments, Systemic Calibration, and the Global Law Market
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Case of the Day: Chinese decision on recognition of Singaporean judgment
A recent Chinese case on reciprocity in judgment recognition looks at de jure recirprocity, not de facto reciprocity. Continue Reading Case of the Day: Chinese decision on recognition of Singaporean judgment
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Case of the Day: Depp v. Heard
The case of the day is Depp v. Heard (Va. Cir. Ct. 2021). Yes, that Depp and that Heard. After the Sun published a column calling Depp a “wife-beater,” Depp sued the paper for libel in the English court. He later sued Heard in Virginia for libel in light of a Washington Post column in……
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Case of the Day: Kumtor Gold Co. v. Kyrgyz Republic
Okay, today’s case of the day, Kumtor Gold C. v. Kyrgyz Republic (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2021), raises an interesting issue. Kumtor Gold Co., a subsidiary of Centerra Gold (a Canadian firm), managed a gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. It filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in New York after the Kyrgyz government seized the mine in May.……
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Case of the Day: Ford v. Montana
The case of the day is Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (S. Ct. 2021). It’s a personal jurisdiction decision that keeps the law from going off the rails but also may be important in its future implications. The case involved a car accident that took place in one US state, the state where……