Month: October 2014

  • Save the Date: The Hague Service Convention at 50

    I’m putting this back on the front page to remind you to RSVP for this interesting event! Readers, I’m very excited about an event that I’m organizing in Washington for February 19, 2015, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the conclusion of the Hague Service Convention. Save the date! I hope you will be able……

  • Lago Agrio: Chevron Files Second Circuit Brief

    Chevron has filed its brief in the Second Circuit appeal by Steven Donziger and the Ecuadoran plaintiffs.

  • Lago Agrio: Update On The Arbitral Award

    As I suggested a few days ago, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs have trumpeted their intention to seek to compel the government of Ecuador to pay the $100+ million arbitral award in favor of Chevron, which is now final, to the LAPs rather than to Chevron. I am still trying to determine what happened to the……

  • Case of the Day: Tansey v. Cochlear Ltd.

    The case of the day is Tansey v. Cochlear Ltd. (E.D.N.Y. 2014). The plaintiff, Jeanini Tansey, had a cochlear implant manufactured by Cochlear Ltd., a New South Wales company, to treat her deafness. She alleged that Cochlear had failed to comply with FDA requirements and that the device cracked and stopped working. The device had……