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“Intellectual Whiplash”: One Day, Two International Cases, and Two Different Results at the U.S. Supreme Court
I invited Chuck Kotuby to do a guest post on the Lozano case, as he is Letters Blogatory’s resident expert on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction, and lo and behold, he wrote up the BG Group v. Argentina case as well! Of course, the two cases, decided on the same……
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Belfast Project: Chris Bray Says “I Told You So!”
Longtime contributor Chris Bray comments on the implications of the collapse of the Downey trial for the Belfast Project.
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Platebright Ltd.
The case of the day is In re Application of Platebright Ltd. (D.V.I. 2014). This is our first case from the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and the first § 1782 case from the Virgin Islands to be reported in a Westlaw database.
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Case of the Day: Moskovitz v. La Suisse
The case of the day is Moskovitz v. La Suisse (S.D.N.Y. 2013). The main claim was brought by holders of marriage insurance policies against their insurer, La Suisse, or Swiss Life. Swiss Life in turn brought third party claims against Moses Kraus, who lived in London, and Caruso AG, a Liechtenstein corporation with offices (at……
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Case of the Day: Sea Hope Navigation v. Novel Commodities
The case of the day is Sea Hope Navigation, Inc. v. Novel Commodities, SA (S.D.N.Y. 2013). Sea Hope claimed that it had chartered a vessel to Novel. Holders of a bill of lading later asserted claims against Sea Hope for damage to the cargo caused by “rough handling.” Sea Hope commenced an arbitration against Novel……