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I'm adding a cite to this too!
Fascinating study of the many fed ct cases resolved w/out adjudication. Cf. state courts, where so many cases are resolved by default judgment. (See Default Procedures papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) The state and fed ct trends raise similar vexing Qs abt what US cts do and what they should do.
Thanks to Robin Effron for a generous JOTWELL post on my article, Default Procedures, forthcoming in U. Penn. L. Rev. (2025). It's about default judgments in state ct debt collection cases -- comments welcome!
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📰 Dutch Supreme Court throws out the Russian Federation's last appeal against seizure of iconic Russian vodka brands by the former Yukos shareholders "This ruling of the Supreme Court paves the way for the sale of the Russian Federation's assets in satisfaction of the arbitral awards ," ...
