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Case of the Day: Kangol v. Hangzhou Chuanyue Silk Import & Export Co.
The case of the day is Kangol LLC v. Hangzhou Chuanyue Silk Import & Export Co. (7th Cir. 2026). I covered the case back in October, when I submitted an amicus brief on behalf of friends-of-Letters-Blogatory Bill Dodge and Maggie Gardner. In today’s case, the Seventh Circuit has now joined the Second Circuit in holding…
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Strange guidance from the US embassy in Tokyo on affidavits of civil status
The US embassy in Tokyo has ceased notarizing “affidavits of competency to marry” that US citizens need (or maybe used to need) to marry in Japan. The embassy published an interesting and, to me, baffling note, which I learned of in a post by Levi Pells on LinkedIn, explaining its reasoning: Marriages fall within the…
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Case of the day: Whoop v. Serinity Group
The case of the day is Whoop, Inc. v. Serinity Group (D. Mass. 2026). The case is, in a sense, routine, but I wanted to write about it because it’s a Massachusetts decision, because I like the “Whoop” company name, and because it illustrates a couple of familiar but still useful points about service by…
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War is not a TV show
In my post on the beginning of the war with Iran, I wrote: ” I have grave concerns about whether this President has the moral authority to take the country to war.” That concern has grown and grown over the last month. And it’s not just a concern about moral authority. It’s a concern about strategic…
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Chapter of the Day: Recognition of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards
Readers, MCLE has just published the fourth edition of Federal Civil Litigation in the First Circuit. The book, edited by Francis D. Dibble Jr., includes many useful chapters. I particularly like Judge Ponsor’s chapter on oral argument, which has helpful advice, including “Never allow your adversary to be more reasonable than you are,” “Just say…
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