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Case of the Day: In re Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd.
The case of the day is In re Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd. (10th Cir. 2013). We first encountered this case in June 2012. Here was my description of the case: Back in 2006, Michael Wilson & Partners, a British Virgin Islands company providing consultancy services in Kazakhstan among other places in Eastern Europe and……
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Et tu, Bogart?
A few days ago I reported on the settlement between Stratus Consulting and Chevron, and the Declaration of Douglas Beltman, one of the Stratus experts who aided the Lago Agrio plaintiffs in Ecuador. Chevron has done it again, filing a new settlement agreement with Burford Capital, the LAPs’ former litigation funder, and a new declaration……
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Come Hear Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace
My choir, the Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline, is performing Karl Jenkin’s The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace on May 4 at Jordan Hall. If you are in Boston, please do come! The Armed Man, a 21st century anti-war composition, evokes the descent into war; moments of reflection; the horrors that war brings; and the……
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Lago Agrio: Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal of Donziger’s Counterclaims Against Chevron
Back in August, I reported on Donziger’s counterclaims against Chevron in the New York case. The magistrate judge has now recommended that Judge Kaplan dismiss the counterclaims in their entirety. Here was my description of the counterclaims for my prior post: Donziger begins with a retelling of the history of the Lago Agrio case from……
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Update on Argentina v. NML Capital
If you read my post last week on cases on review at the Supreme Court, you may be wondering what happened in Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, the other case discussed at the Court’s April 12 conference. The Court deferred a decision on Argentina’s request for review and invited the Solicitor General to give……