Month: March 2012

  • More on the Doug Cassel Post

    On March 17 I commented on Doug Cassel’s post at Opinio Juris. Professor Cassel is one of the authors of an amicus brief Chevron filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. While I frequently get reactions to my Lago Agrio posts from partisans on one side or the other, this was the first time……

  • Case of the Day: Khan Resources, Inc. v. Atomredmetzoloto JSC

    HT to Antonin Pribetic for a pointer to today’s case of the day, Khan Resources, Inc. v. Atomredmetzoloto JSC, 2012 ONSC 1522. Khan Resources, Inc. and some affiliates entered into a joint venture with Atomredmetzoloto JSC (“AMRZ”), which is a subsidiary of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation—as its name suggests, a state enterprise. The……

  • Case of the Day: Sikhs for Justice v. Nath

    The case of the day is Sikhs for Justice v. Nath (S.D.N.Y. 2012). In 1984, two of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Sikh bodyguards assassinated her in New Delhi, setting off a wave of anti-Sikh violence. At the time, Kamal Nath was a member of the Indian parliament. Shortly after the assassination, Nath traveled to……

  • Case of the Day: Semtek International v. Information Satellite Systems

    The case of the day is Semtek Interntional, Inc. v. Information Satellite Systems (D. Mass. 2012). Semtek had a contract with Merkuriy Ltd., a Russian company in the business of commercializing satellite capacity. Semtek sued Merkuriy and Pyotr Sivirin, Merkuriy’s executive director, claiming that Merkuriy and Sirivin breached the contract, which gave Semtek the right……

  • Moloney & McIntyre File Their Reply Brief

    Yesterday Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre filed their reply brief in their appeal of Judge Young’s denial of their motion for leave to intervene and his dismissal of their claims against Attorney General Holder. Much of the brief is taken up with the intervention issue, which is puzzling to me. If I were one of……