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Case of the Day: Sanchez v. Lord
HT to Antonin I. Pribetic for his post on the case of the day, Sanchez v. Lord (Mo. Ct. App. 2011), the first case of the day applying the SPEECH Act. Our previous coverage of the Act, which provides a rule of non-recognition for foreign defamation judgments that do not comply with U.S. constitutional law,……
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Recognition of foreign judgments in defamation cases: the SPEECH Act
Gilles Cuniberti has posted the abstract of Lili Levi’s new paper on The Problem of Trans-national Libel at Conflict of Laws.net, as has Antonin I. Pribetic at the Trial Warrior Blog. The paper discusses the SPEECH Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 4101-4105, which was enacted last year. Because the SPEECH Act provides a rule of non-recognition……
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Case of the Day: Hubei Gezhouba Sanlian Indus. Co. v. Robinson Helicopter Co.
Today’s case of the day, Hubei Gezhouba Sanlian Indus., Co. v. Robinson Helicopter Co. (9th Cir. 2011) (mem.), is all of one paragraph long, but it is highly interesting. According to the District Court’s decision, here are the facts: The plaintiffs, Sanlian and Pinghu, were Chinese firms doing business in Hubei Province. The defendant, Robinson Helicopter Co., was a California firm.……
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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corp.
For proprietors of blogs on international judicial assistance, 2011 has been like 1996 for champagne makers–a vintage year when all is right with the world. We’ve been lucky to have new decisions to report on almost every week in the Lago Agrio case. The latest installment is Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corp. (2d Cir. 2011), the……
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Case of the Day: Samsun Logix Corp. v. Bank of China
Our case of the day, Samsun Logix Corp. v. Bank of China (S.D.N.Y. 2010), involves the question of a district court’s removal jurisdiction over a state court action to garnish the bank account of the losing party in a foreign arbitration after the district court granted a motion to recognize and enforce the award. The……