Month: October 2015

  • Lago Agrio: A Friendly Note to The Chevron Pit

    The Chevron Pit blog ran a post critical of Ricardo Reis Veiga. Fair enough. We’ve discussed Mr. Reis Veiga before, though not in any great detail.

  • Lago Agrio: Chevron’s Answer In Canada

    Chevron has filed its statement of defense (like an answer) in the Yaiguaje case, now that it has been remanded to the trial court.

  • RSVP for “Service of Process and Taking of Evidence Abroad”

    Readers, here is the official program for the November 2 event on the Hague Service and Evidence Conventions, with a link to the preregistration page. I hope you can make it! Service of Process and Taking of Evidence Abroad: The Impact of Electronic Means” on the Operation of the Hague Conventions An Event to Celebrate……

  • Case of the Day: Malleiro v. Mori

    The case of the day is Malleiro v. Mori (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015). Eleno Isleno was an Argentine national who died in Florida at the age of 79. She held property in both Argentina and the United States at the time of her death. About five years before her death, she made a will……

  • Case of the Day: In re Kuwait Airways Co.

    The case of the day is the Department of Transportation’s investigation of Kuwait Airways Company. The DOT undertook the investigation at the request of Eldad Gatt, an Israeli national who was seeking to travel from New York to London by air. Kuwait Airways (which according to Gatt was offering the lowest fare on the day……