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Personal Jurisdiction. Forum Non Conveniens. District court dismisses case against corporate officer because of lack of specific jurisdiction and dismisses case against remaining defendants based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
USA - January 31 2023 Defendant Music Traveler Gmbh was an Austrian corporation that solicited customers to book spaces for music-related purposes, marketing itself as the…
Hague Service Convention. District court holds that the Hague Convention applied to service on defendants in People's Republic of China and denied alternative service under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f) to serve Defendants via electronic mail.
USA - January 31 2023 On January 22, 2019, Plaintiff AtriCure, Inc. filed an initial complaint against three Defendants: Dr. Guanglu Bai, Dr. Jian Meng, and Beijing…
Service of Process. Foreign Defendant. Lanham Act. Ninth Circuit holds that 15 U.S.C. § 1051(e) permits substituted service of complaint and summons on director of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on behalf of foreign-domiciled trademark holder in legal proceedings.
USA - January 31 2023 San Antonio Winery, Inc. ("San Antonio"), a winery based in Los Angeles run by the Riboli family, used the trademarks RIBOLI and RIBOLI FAMILY since…
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Personal Jurisdiction. District court holds that a foreign state is subject to jurisdiction in the United States when the commercial activity exception of the FSIA applies.
USA - January 31 2023 Irving Picard, the Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ("BLMIS"), brought an adversary proceeding seeking to…
Hague Evidence Convention. District court grants application for Issuance of Letters Rogatory to Hong Kong attorney under the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters.
USA - January 31 2023 In August 1990, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah awarded Helen Diane McCarthy ("McCarthy") a $6 million judgment in her civil RICO…
