Month: August 2012

  • Editorial: Some Common Sense On The Belfast Project

    I want to give my own views on some issues addressed in recent editorials on the Belfast Project case. In my view, many of the points out there in the blogosphere are wrong or at least arguably wrong, and I think it is worthwhile to put another view out there to let people interested in……

  • Chevron Moves to Dismiss in Yaiguaje

    Chevron and the two Chevron affiliates also named as defendant in the Canadian action for recognition and enforcement of the Lago Agrio judgment, Chevron Canada Ltd. and Chevron Canada Finance Ltd., have moved to dismiss the case. Here are the papers: Chevron: Notice of Motion; Affidavit of Frank G. Soler Chevron Canada Finance Ltd: Notice……

  • Chafin v. Chafin: New Hague Abduction Convention Case before the United States Supreme Court

    Update (12/5/12): the case was argued in the Supreme Court today. There is some coverage at the Daily Record, and SCOTUSBlog has an argument preview. Charles T. Kotuby Jr. is U.S. Co-Editor for ConflictofLaws.net and Senior Associate in the Global Disputes Practice at Jones Day in Washington D.C. The Supreme Court on Monday added one……

  • Guest Post by Charles Kotuby on the Chafin Case

    I’m pleased to welcome a new guest-poster to Letters Blogatory. Charles T. Kotuby Jr. is a senior associate with Jones Day in Washington and the US editor of Conflict of Laws.net. He’s posting on the Supreme Court’s recent grant of a petition for a writ of certiorari in Chafin v. Chafin, an interesting case under……

  • Letters Blogatory is Back in Business!

    Well, I still don’t know what caused the Letters Blogatory Crash of 2012, but the good news is that we seem to be back in business, with everything back to the way it was. Yesterdays’ comments are irretrievably lost, sad to say, but that’s about the extent of the damage. Thank you to everyone who……