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Case of the Day: WhosHere, Inc. v. Örün
The case of the day is WhosHere, Inc. v. Örün (E.D. Va. 2014), involves service by email and by Facebook and LinkedIn in Turkey.
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Case of the Day: Haffner International Marketing Group v. Sahin
Email subscribers: This has footnotes—please read in your browsers! The case of the day is Haffner International Marketing Group, Inc. v. Sahin (D. Nev. 2013). Haffner was a Nevada corporation in the business of “porcelain, granite, and horse hoof repair.” Sahin lived in Turkey. Haffner hired Sahin in 2006, but in 2011 the relationship ended.……
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Case of the Day: Sonera Holding BV v. Çukurova Holding AŞ
The case of the day is Sonera Holding BV v. Çukurova Holding AŞ (S.D.N.Y. 2012). The decision does not set out the facts of the underlying case, but an earlier decision by the Court confirming the underlying arbitral award explains that the dispute arose out of a share purchase agreement requiring Çukurova to deliver to……
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Case of the Day: J&H International v. Karaca Zucciye Tic. San A.S.
The case of the day is J&H International v. Karaca Zucciye Tic. San A.S. (D.N.J. 2012). J&H had a contract with Karaca Zucciye (known as “KRC”) for the sale of more than $2.6 million of stainless steel cutlery stamped or etched with KRC’s name. J&H was a New Jersey business, but its factory was in……
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Case of the Day: Davoyan v. Republic of Turkey
The case of the day, Davoyan v. Republic of Turkey (C.D. Cal. 2011), is a putative class action by Armenians and their heirs who claim that they were “deprived of their citizenship, brutally deported, had their property seized and expropriated by the Turkish government” during the Ottoman period. The claims were for imposition of a……