Case of the Day: JK v. VKP
The case of the day is JK v. VKP (Sweden S. Ct. 2022). No, I do not generally keep track of the Swedish Supreme Court; I picked up on the…
Event Announcement of the Day: ABLI/HCCH Event on COCA and the Judgments Convention
Readers, check out this interesting upcoming webinar on Cross-border Commercial Dispute Resolution – HCCH 2005 Choice of Court and 2019 Judgments Conventions., the second in a series jointly hosted by…
Lago Agrio: Second Circuit Affirms Conviction of Steven Donziger for Contempt of Court
Steven Donziger. Credit: Zennie Abraham (CC-BY-ND) Yesterday the Second Circuit affirmed Steven Donziger's conviction on charges of contempt of court. Donziger did not challenge the judge's findings of fact on…
Elephant Habeas: New York’s High Court Rejects “Elephants Are Persons” Nonsense
Credit: Deror Avi (CC BY-SA) Let me stipulate at the beginning that elephants are magnificent animals who have been treated badly by us human beings for a long time. We…
Antisemitism Rears Its Head In Massachusetts
I'm going to ask your indulgence as I write about something upsetting, vaguely frightening, and entirely unrelated to international judicial assistance. An anonymous "multi-generational collective of activists and organizers" known…
Case of the Day: ZF Automotive v. Luxshare
The newest member of the 1782 club. The case of the day is ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. (S. Ct. 2022). This is the big Section 1782 decision…
Case of the Day: CPC Patent Technologies v. Apple
The case of the day is CPC Patent Technologies Pty. Ltd. v. Apple, Inc. (9th Cir. 2022). The case settles an unsexy but important procedural question in Section 1782 practice…
Case of the Day: Conformis v. Zimmer Biomet Holdings
The case of the day is Conformis, Inc. v. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (D. Del. 2022). Conformis sued Medacta International SA, a Swiss company. The case is for patent infringement,…