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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……
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Lee-Shim
The case of the day is In re Application of Lee-Shim (N.D. Cal. 2013). Jean-Michael Lee-Shim was implicated in a criminal bribery investigation in Mauritius and the United Kingdom. In the investigation, emails that came from Lee-Shim’s personal email account (he used Yahoo as his service provider) were relevant. Lee-Shim asserted than an unauthorized person……
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Hilton Extradition: Petition for Habeas Corpus Denied
Judge Hillman has denied Alexander Hilton’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which Hilton had challenged a magistrate judge’s decision that he could be extradited to the United Kingdom to face trial on charges of the attempted murder of Robert Forbes, a fellow student at St. Andrews University. I covered the petition here……