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Case of the Day: CONPROCA v. Petróleos Mexicanos
The case of the day is CONPROCA S.A. de C.V. v. Petróleos Mexicanos (S.D.N.Y. 2013). CONPROCA was a joint venture organized under the law of Mexico. It sought confirmation of a $311 million arbitral award it had obtained against PEMEX, the Mexican state oil company. The place of the arbitration was Mexico. PEMEX had unsuccessfully……
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Lago Agrio: Leonard, Lynch, and McMillen—and the John Does
We have three more Chevron witnesses to report from the ongoing RICO trial: Chevron scientist Sara McMillen, linguistics professor Robert A. Leonard, Ph.D., and digital forensics guy Spencer Lynch. Leonard & Lynch We can deal with Leonard and Lynch very shortly. Leonard’s opinion, based on his linguistic analysis, is that the Ecuadoran judgment was cut……
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Response to Noel Doran
Belfast Project protagonist Anthony McIntyre responds to Noel Doran’s post criticizing McIntyre’s blog, The Pensive Quill. Just a note on this piece: folks who have been following the discussion will know that one of the issues that has cropped up is the supposed difference in ‘tone’ between this blog and TPQ. I think there is……
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Lago Agrio: What Goes Around Comes Around
Although all eyes are on the RICO case in Judge Kaplan’s court, other bits and pieces of the Lago Agrio case are proceeding in courts and arbitral tribunals around the world. One particularly interesting piece of the case is the case of the Huaorani people against Steven Donziger, which I’ve covered before. Very briefly: in……
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Case of the Day: Maroc Fruit Board v. M/V Almeda Star
The case of the day is Maroc Fruit Board, S.A. v. M/V Alemda Star (D. Mass. 2013). Like Maroc Fruit Bd. v. M/V Vinson, 2012 A.M.C. 2278 (D. Mass. 2012), which I covered last year, the case involved a claim of a shipment of fruit that went bad, but it seems that there were two……