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By Ted Folkman of Rubin and Rudman LLP

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Month: August 2019

  • Case of the Day: Crystallex v. Venezuela

    The case of the day is Crystallex International Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Veneuela (3d Cir. 2019). I last wrote about the case in October 2016. Crystallex, a Canadian company that had invested in a Venezuelan gold mining project, won a $1.2 billion aribtral award against Venezuela after that country nationalized the gold deposits and……

  • Lago Agrio: Donziger Ordered To Show Cause in Criminal Contempt Proceeding

    Judge Kaplan has ordered Steven Donziger, the former lawyer for the Ecuadoran plaintiffs in the Lago Agrio case, to show why he should not be held in criminal contempt for failing to obey the judge’s injunction. The judge has also appointed prosecutors to prosecute the case. The claims run the gamut of the injunction; Judge……