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Case of the Day: In re SKAT Tax Refund Litigation
The case of the day is In re SKAT Tax Refund Litigation (S.D.N.Y. 2024). After a trial date had been set and long after the close of fact discovery, both sides in the case, a multi-district litigation consolidated before Judge Kaplan in New York, sought issuance of letters of request to take testimony abroad. The……
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Case of the Day: United States v. SLH2021 S.A.
The case of the day is United States v. SLH2021 S.A. (E.D. La. 2023). The PS Dream was a Panamanian-flagged tanker that was held by the US Coast Guard pending an investigation for violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the statute implementing the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships.……
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Case of the Day: In re VUZ-Bank JSC
The case of the day is In re VUZ-Bank JSC (W.D. Va. 2022). VUZ is a Russian bank. It sought discovery in Virginia for use in potential criminal proceedings in Dubai, that it said arose out of a fraud on the bank by Rus-AgroExport LLC, Hakan Holdings Ltd., and Hakan Agro DMMC. VUZ brought a……
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Case of the Day: Youssef v. Embassy of the UAE
The case of the day is Youssef v. Embassy of the UAE (D.D.C. 2021). Abla Youssef was a secretary at the United Arab Emirates’ embassy in Washington. She was terminated when she reached 67 years old, allegedly because she had reached the customary retirement age in the UAE. She sued, alleging that the embassy had……
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Case of the Day: Abdul Latif Jameel Transportation v. FedEx
The case of the day is Abdul Latif Jameel Transportation Co. v. FedEx Corp. (6th Cir. 2019). The case is a big deal in the world of § 1782. One of the great open questions is whether a private international arbitral tribunal is a “tribunal” for purposes of the statute. There were some old cases……