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Case of the Day: In re SNP Boat Service SA
The case of the day is In re SNP Boat Service SA (Bankr. S.D. Fla.). The court’s opinion is very short, which is unfortunate, because the case seems quite interesting and the court does not lay out all the facts. But the outlines seem clear enough. The case involves foreign intransigence about US discovery and……
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Case of the Day: InvestorsHub.com v. Mina Mar Group
Mina Mar Group, the Canadian firm featured on March 22, is back in the Letters Blogatory news today. The last time we discussed Mina Mar, it was in the context of Belmont Partners, LLC v. Mina Mar Group, Inc., a case where Mina Mar tried, both in Canada and in the US, to escape from……
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Cases of the Day: NML Capital Ltd. v. Argentina
The Cases of the Day, NML Capital, Ltd. v. Banco Central de la República Argentina (2d Cir. 2011), and NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina (UKSC 2011), are the latest in a series of cases brought against Argentina by investors in Argentine sovereign debt after the country’s financial crisis. We have previously reported on……
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Briefs of the Day: Law Professor Amici Weigh In on the Chevron Injunction
H/T to International Law Grrls and Opinio Juris for their posts on dueling amicus briefs in Chevron Corp. v. Naranjo, the case now on appeal in the Second Circuit, in which Chevron sought and obtained a preliminary injunction barring the Lago Agrio plaintiffs from seeking recognition and enforcement of the multi-billion dollar Ecuadorian judgment against……
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Case of the Day: Nasr v. El-Harke
The case of the day, Nasr v. El-Harke (Minn. Ct. App. 2011), involves recognition and enforcement of a Lebanese child custody order. Ordinarily I do not cover the child custody cases my Westlaw query captures, which generally arise under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. For one thing, there are……