By Louis M. Solomon We have written on District Judge Kaplan's decision earlier this year - a 127-page decision preliminary enjoining enforcement, anywhere in the world, of an Ecuadorian judgment totaling $8.646 billion obtained by Lago ... Read More

Assuming Requisite Personal Jurisdiction; Enforcement of Judgment Procedure Discussed JW Oilfield Equipment, LLC v. Commerzbank AG, No. 18 MS 0302 (PKC)(S.D.N.Y. Jan. 2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], makes a series... Read More

by Louis M. Solomon We discuss briefly the final installment (in the District Court) of the attempt to recover possession of a Van Gogh drawing allegedly sold away from the plaintiff's great-grandmother "under duress during the Nazi era in... Read More

By Louis M. Solomon Wultz v. Islamic Republic of Iran , 08-cv-1460 (RCL) (D.D.C. Jan. 2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], is the opinion on reconsideration of an earlier decision, which we posted on because of its rulings... Read More

By Louis M. Solomon Our immediately prior posting addressed the issue of how a single case in a multiparty, multidistrict litigation raising industry-wide antitrust claims was plucked out and sent to arbitration. How a plaintiff manages around... Read More

By Louis M. Solomon Shirley "Rae" Ellis, et al v. Costco Wholesale Corp., No. 07-15838 (9th Cir. Sept. 2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers / unenhanced version available from lexisONE Free Case Law ] , presents... Read More

By Louis M. Solomon First Investment Corp of the Marshall Islands v. Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Ltd. et al. , Civil Action No. 09-3663 (E.D. La. June 2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], addresses the interesting international... Read More

...Must, But Do Not; Satisfy the Heightened Rule 60(b) Standards for Vacating the Discovery Order By: Louis M. Solomon In re Application of Dr. Alfonso Henrique Alves Braga, in his capacity as Judicial Administrator of Petroforte Brasilerio... Read More

Second Circuit Finds Mid-Case Default Forfeits Defendants' Right to Appeal from Rulings That Statute Creates a Cause of Action and that Personal Jurisdiction Was Present; Remands for Reconsideration of Remedy By Louis M. Solomon In cases where... Read More

By Louis M. Solomon In re: Fairfield Sentry Limited, et al., 10 Civ. 7311 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], is an appeal to the District Court of a ruling by the Bankruptcy Court that recognized the liquidation... Read More

By Louis M. Solomon Hammerstein v. The Federal Republic of Germany , 09-CV-443 (ARR)(RLM) (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], dismisses for want of subject matter jurisdiction claims asserted against Germany... Read More

Finding Personal Jurisdiction by Imputation and Watering Down "Agency" Test for Finding Jurisdiction, Say 8th Circuit Judges Who Would Grant Rehearing En Banc By Louis M. Solomon Bauman, et al. v. DaimlerChrysler, et al., No... Read More

By Louis M. Solomon Odessey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, et al. , No. 10-10269 (11th Cir. Sept. 2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers / unenhanced version available from lexisONE Free Case... Read More

By Louis M. Solomon A recent decision, Pallano v. AES Corp. , C.A. No. 9C-11-021 JRJ (Del. Super. Ct. July 2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers / unenhanced version available from lexisONE Free Case Law ], addresses three issues... Read More

Challenges Even Based on Fraud Need To Be Asserted in the Country Issuing the Original Judgment; U.S. Court Declines "Interjudicial Conference" of Having the Judges From the Two Countries Talk By Louis M. Solomon Tettamanti... Read More