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Case of the Day: Brittania-U Nigeria v. Chevron
The case of the day is Brittania-U Nigeria, Ltd. v. Chevron USA, Inc. (5th Cir. 2017). Brittania-U (the double-T is how it spells its name) sued Chevron USA, Ali Moshiri, and Moncef Attia in the Texas state courts. The claim was that Chevron Nigeria, a division of Chevron USA, had invited bids for the sale……
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Case of the Day: Banque de Tahiti v. Kurth
The case of the day is Banque de Tahiti v. Kurth (Haw. Ct. App. 2017). The Bank of Tahiti had a judgment against Filola Kurth, the representative of the estate of Thomas Kurth, from the Civil Court of First Instance of Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia. The Bank filed the judgment in Hawaii in……
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Trump’s Fire and Fury
When I was in college, my roommate, the very sharp Matt Gerke, had taken an undergraduate course in game theory and gotten interested. He went to see the professor, Avinash Dixit, to ask about taking a graduate course in the field in the next semester. Professor Dixit stared intently at Matt as he made his……
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Editorial: The Courts Should Improve The Security of PACER and CM/ECF
Readers, as many of you know, the federal courts make documents available to the public online via the PACER system, and litigants can file documents electronically via the CM/ECF system. Each court has its own website for these purposes. I have an interest in online security, so I decided to run a couple of federal……
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The Trump Justice Department On Subpoenas To Journalists
Last week the Attorney General said that the Department of Justice is revisiting its policies on subpoenas to journalists. He made the comment in the context of discussions of the damaging and embarrassing leaks that continue to bedevil the administration. Attorney General Sessions referred to leaks of classified information, but we’ve also seen many leaks……