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Case of the Day: In re Marriage of Paddock and May
The case of the day is Paddock v. May (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). The husband and wife were married in the UK but later moved to Washington. The husband sought a legal separation in Washington, which was granted, and he moved to Wales. The husband’s lawyer withdrew from the case. Washington law provides that six……
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Case of the Day: SEC v. Bowerman
The case of the day is SEC v. Bowerman (D. Mass. 2024). The SEC brought a securities fraud claim against Bowerman, who lived in the UK. According to the return of service, a “private process server” personally served the papers on Bowerman at an address in England. The SEC moved for entry of default when……
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Case of the Day: South32 Chile v. Sumtomo
The case of the day is South32 Chile Copper Holdings Pty Ltd v. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2024). The case was for breach of contract; it had to do with “profits realized from operations at a Chilean gold mine.” South32 sought issuance of letters of request to three tax and financial advisory……
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Case of the Day: Cargill Financial v. Barshchovskiy
The case of the day is Cargill Financial Services International, Inc. v. Barshchovskiy (S.D.N.Y. 2024). Taras Barschchovskiy, described in a Minnesota Star Tribune headline as the “Ukrainian fruit juice kingpin,” was the losing party in an LCIA arbitration brought by Cargill on account of financing Cargill had provided to T.B. Fruit Group, Barshchovskiy’s company. Cargill……
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Case of the Day: Clear Spring v. Arch Nemesis
The case of the day is Clear Spring Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Arch Nemesis LLC (D. Kan. 2023). Arch Nemesis owned a yacht that sank off Mexico. It made a claim on Clear Spring, the insurer, which denied the claim and brought an action seeking a declaratory judgment that the policy was void.……