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Case of the Day: Kyjen Co. v. Individuals
The case of the day is Kyjen Co. v. Individuals (S.D.N.Y. 2023). The case was a pretty typical “Chinese knockoffs sold on the internet” case. The plaintiff sought a temporary restraining order and moved for leave to serve process by email and “online publication.” The plaintiff didn’t know the defendants’ addresses, but the judge took […]
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Case of the Day: Chukkapalli v. Mandava
The case of the day is Chukapalli v. Mandava (Tex. Ct. App. 2017). The case was a divorce case. The couple had resided in India, but the wife moved to Texas and then filed a divorce petition there. The wife’s counsel sought to serve the husband by personal delivery in India via a process server […]
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Case of the Day: United States v. Public Warehousing Co.
The case of the day is United States v. Public Warehousing Co. KSC (N.D. Ga. 2017). The government’s claim was that the Public Warehousing Co. and Sultan Center Food Products, two Kuwaiti companies, had overcharged the United States on government contracts. According to the judge, for six years, the government and the relator “have been […]
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Case of the Day: SEC v. China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics
The case of the day is SEC v. China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics (S.D.N.Y. 2014). The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Xuemei Li, the president and CEO of China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, and Tianfu Li, the chairman and CEO of NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc., for securities fraud. Both resided in China. The SEC […]
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Case of the Day: Braverman Kaskey v. Toidze
The case of the day is Braverman Kaskey P.C. v. Toidze (E.D. Pa. 2013). Braverman Kaskey, the law firm that represented Maya Toidze in Cook v. Toidze, the case of the day from July 1, 2013, sued her, asserting that she had failed to pay legal fees. When the firm still represented Toidze, she resided […]