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Lago Agrio: Donziger’s Reply Brief
Day two of this week’s Lago Agrio coverage: Steven Donziger has filed his reply brief in the Second Circuit RICO case. I’m not sure why the due date for this brief was later than the due date than the LAP reply brief—I haven’t studied the case calendar. But in any event, it’s another strong brief……
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Lago Agrio: Chevron Seeks Discovery From MCSquared
Update: I’ve made a minor correction in light of Mark Kantor’s helpful comment, printed below. Remember MCSquared, the Republic of Ecuador’s US PR firm, which hired “ethically diverse” actors to protest at a Chevron meeting, and which initially failed to register as Ecuador’s agent under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. The MCSquared story was good……
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Case of the Day: McEachern v. Inter-Country Adoption Board of the Philippines
The case of the day is McEachern v. Inter-Country Adoption Board of the Philippines (D. Mass. 2014). In 2012, Geraldine McEachern traveled to the Philippines to adopt two half-sisters, one ten years old and the other sixteen. The older girl was reluctant to travel to the US to be adopted, but the younger was eager.……
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The Israeli “Jewish Nation State” Bill: Is The Controversy Justified?
I want to veer off-topic to discuss the recent proposal in Israel to declare the state to be the nation-state of the Jewish people. The “Jewish Nation State” proposal has gotten a lot of attention from lawyers and others. It may be a good idea and it may be a bad idea (Israeli citizens are……
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Sleaziest PR of the Week: Episode Two
Readers, a while ago I took the LAPs to task for what I thought was an unwarranted attack on the NOW Legal Defense Fund. This time, it is Chevron’s turn. Here is a recent tweet from James Craig, one of Chevron’s communications people: https://twitter.com/jbcraig/status/539477187733094400 The link is to a blog post by Roberto Aguilar, in……