Suing The US On A Debt
A tongue-in-cheek look at the debt limit crisis, reprinted from the last crisis in 2011. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the Treasury bondholders will soon…
A tongue-in-cheek look at the debt limit crisis, reprinted from the last crisis in 2011. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the Treasury bondholders will soon…
The Case of the Day is Agudas Chasidei Chabad of the United States v. Russian Federation (D.D.C. 2011). Chabad, a Hasidic Jewish organization, was "the incorporated entity and successor to…
Nelson Tucker, of Process Service Network, commented that there were some new hitches in serving process in Mexico under the Hague Service Convention. Intrigued, I checked out his blog, where…
A while back I reported on In re Application for Appointment of a Commissioner, a case here in Boston in which the government, acting on behalf of authorities in the…
The case of the day is Tettamanti v. Opcion SA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011). Opcion SA had sued Enrique Tettamanti and Maria Cristina Calvo in Argentina on a promissory…
The Case of the Day, Progressive S.E. Ins. Co. v. J&P Transport (N.D. Ind. 2011), is a denial of a motion for alternative service in Canada. Progressive, the plaintiff, sought…
The case of the day is In re Application for Appointment of a Commissioner re Request for Judicial Assistance (N.D. Cal. 2011). It involves a request by a Spanish plaintiff…
The case of the day is Zions First Nat'l Bank v. Moto Diesel Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. (E.D. Mich. 2011). According to the complaint, MDM, a Mexican firm, wrote several…
The case of the day is Fraserside IP, LLC v. Youngtek Solutions Ltd. (N.D. Iowa 2011). Who knew that the "adult entertainment" industry on the internet would yield so many…
The case of the day is Costa v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc. (S.D. Fla. 2011), involved a motion to vacate an arbitral award. The case repeats what I think is a…