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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies Moloney & McIntyre’s Petition for Certiorari in the Belfast Project Case
Today marks the end of the road for Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre in the US courts. Without comment, the Supreme Court has denied their petition for a writ of certiorari. Thus the First Circuit decision will be the last word in the case. As an added bonus, the Supreme Court’s decision doesn’t make me……
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Case of the Day: Sea Search Armada v. Colombia
Aargh! We return today to Sea Search Armada v. Republic of Columbia, a case I first covered in October 2011. Here was my description of the facts: According to the complaint, Sea Search Armada had an agreement with the government of Colombia for salvage of the treasure of the San Jose,a Spanish ship carrying $4……
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Lago Agrio: The Beltman Declaration
I am skipping lunch today to find the time to post the declarations of the Stratus witnesses for you to read because when I took a quick look, I simply could not believe what I was reading. Let’s start with Douglas Beltman, the Executive VP of Stratus and one of its founders, who was in……
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Lago Agrio: Stratus Consulting Turns On Donziger
Update: I have updated the post to include a statement from Craig Smyser, one of the Ecuadoran plaintiffs’ lawyers. I had a nice post scheduled for next week explaining the recent settlement between Chevron and Stratus Consulting, and in particular to speculate on the importance of the cooperation clauses in the settlement agreement: Stratus agreed……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Badger
The case of the day is United States v. Badger (D. Utah 2013). In 2004, the defendant, George Badger, had consented to entry of a judgment against him in a case brought by the SEC. The claim in the case was that Badger had bribed brokers to induce them to sell stock in his golf……