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Letters Blogatory’s FOIA Case: The Government’s Answer
The State Department answered my FOIA complaint today. The answer was 30 days late—something I didn’t realize until I took at look at the statute—but who’s counting? Here are my two favorite sentences from the answer: [T]he Department admits that it has interacted several times with Plaintiff but has not to date produced any records……
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The Zambrano Deposition: Failure To Launch
Roger Parloff is reporting that Judge Nicolás Zambrano Lozada did not appear at a scheduled deposition today in Peru where he was scheduled to testify. Recall that theLago Agrio plaintiffs had submitted a declaration from Judge Zambrano rebutting the claims of corruption made by Judge Alberto Guerra Bastidas in a declaration that Chevron had earlier……
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Case of the Day: Wye Oak Technology v. Iraq
The case of the day is Wye Oak Technology v. Republic of Iraq (D.D.C. 2013). Wye Oak was an American defense contractor. In 2004, it contracted with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, and from 2004 to 2005, it repaired and refurbished several armored battalions and arranged for the sale of some metal as scrap. It……
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Case of the Day: Wultz v. Bank of China
The case of the day is Wultz v. Bank of China Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). We first considered this case in November 2012. Here was my description of the facts from the prior post: In 2006, Daniel Wultz was killed, and Yekutiel Wultz injured, in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Members of the Wultz family……
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Lago Agrio: Chevron Seeks Leave To Sue Patton Boggs
Chevron has moved for leave to assert counterclaims against the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ US law firm, Patton Boggs. I have to say I think Chevron may have jumped the shark with this latest claim. I don’t want to go through the details of the counterclaim’s allegations, but let’s just take a look at the three……