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Lago Agrio: Payments to Guerra and Fajardo
Readers, for those of you who don’t follow the Lago Agrio case, I hope you’ll bear with me. I know I’ve had a lot of Chevron/Ecuador coverage the past week or two, but some new developments caught my eye, and I think they’re worthy of a post.
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Case of the Day: State Farm v. Amazon
The case of the day is State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (D. Ariz. 2017). It’s an example of how not to do it. State Farm filed its complaint in June 2017. A month later, the court (for reasons that are unclear) issued an order requiring service by September 21. State Farm……
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Lago Agrio: The Argentine and Brazilian Developments, In English
I’ve recently noted the decision of an Argentine court to refuse to enforce the Lago Agrio judgment, and the opinion of Brazilian judge Luis Felipe Salomão also opining that the judgment should not be enforced in Brazil. I’ve gotten my hands on English translations of both.
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Lago Agrio: Argentine Court Refuses to Enforce Ecuadoran Judgment
A first-instance court in Argentina has decided to refuse enforcement of the Ecuadoran judgment against Chevron. The decision is not, as far as I know, yet available in English. Chevron has, though, published a translation of a key phrase: Chevron has no assets in Argentina and is not domiciled there, which “seals the fate of……
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Lago Agrio: Ontario Court of Appeal Vacates Order on Costs
Yesterday the Ontario Court of Appeal vacated an earlier order of a single justice requiring the Lago Agrio plaintiffs to give security for the costs of the appeal. This will allow the LAPs to proceed with their appeal without paying nearly $1 million to cover their costs in case they lose—and without having to disclose……