A panel of the Seventh Circuit split 2-1 on whether to halt a district judge's order that called for a big drug-maker in Germany to ship a baker's dozen of its workers to New York for depositions. In re Petition of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 13-3898 (7th Cir. Jan. 24, 2014). The court
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Arab Bank Loses Sanctions Appeal; Aiding Terror?
By Barry Barnett on
A Jordanian bank objected to turning over records that it claimed it couldn't produce without risking criminal prosecution by the governments of Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Monetary Authority.
The plaintiffs accused the institution, Arab Bank, of aiding terrorist groups that had killed and hurt them and family members in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. They sued under…
Porn Protector’s Practices Properly Prompted Penalties, Fifth Circuit Rules
By Barry Barnett on
In "I Am Furious (Yellow)", Bart Simpson creates "Angry Dad", a cartoon about the rages into which Bart's dad Homer often flies. Bart puts the series online, and it becomes "the single most popular non-pornographic website of all time". Almost eight million viewers watched the episode when it aired in 2002.
Perturbation over the…