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Event Announcement: The Effects of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements on International Arbitration
Readers, if you are in Washington on February 10, I invite you to attend a panel discussion on “The Effects of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements on International Arbitration,” being held at Jones Day’s Washington office from 9 to 11 a.m. The event is part of the Georgetown International Arbitration Society’s fourth […]
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Aaron Marr Page on the Special Rapporteur Letter
Aaron Marr Page responds constructively to my post on his letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders. I’ll briefly respond to one point and add one observation. As someone who watched things unfold, I can say that Ted’s speculative claim that “the reason Chevron’s threats were so potent was because […]
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Lago Agrio: The LAPs Approach The Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
The Europe / Third World Center and LAP advocate (and Letters Blogatory contributor) Aaron Marr Page have submitted a letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Michael Forst. It seems highly unlikely to me that the letter will result in anything changing in the case, but I thought it was […]
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Lago Agrio: Dutch Court Rejects Ecuador’s Motion to Set Aside the Interim Awards
The District Court of the Hague has rejected Ecuador’s attempt to set aside the interim awards entered by the tribunal hearing the BIT dispute between Ecuador and Chevron. As I have previously noted, the tribunal had ordered Ecuador to “take all measures necessary to suspend or cause to be suspended the enforcement and recognition within […]
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Case of the Day: West v. Rieth
The case of the day is West v. Rieth (E.D. La. 2016). The decision doesn’t explain the nature of the case. The plaintiff, Luke T. West, sought leave under FRCP 4(f)(3) to serve process by alternate means on Peggy Cuevas, who, he claimed, was employed by the US Army Regional Health Command Europe in Germany. […]