Author: Ted Folkman

  • Cert. Watch: Sudan v. Harrison

    I’m tracking Sudan’s petition for certiorari in Republic of Sudan v. Harrison, a case we’ve covered twice before (first decision, second decision). Here was my description of the case:

  • Two Developments on the Restatements

    Readers, I want to call to your attention two important developments in the Restatements of the Law that will be of interest. I’m not going to comment on these developments here, though I may come back to them in later posts.

  • Lago Agrio: Chevron’s Brief in Opposition to Cert.

    Chevron has filed its brief in opposition to Steven Donziger’s petition for certiorari. Ted Olson and company have, as one would expect, produced a high-quality brief to stand against the similarly high-quality brief submitted by Deepak Gupta.

  • Memorial Day 2017

    Letters Blogatory honors America’s fallen servicemen and servicewomen on Memorial Day.

  • Case of the Day: National Casualty Co. v. Western Express

    The case of the day is National Casualty Co. v. Western Express, Inc. (W.D. Okla. 2017). National Casualty sued Victoria Cardenas, a resident of Mexico. The court granted leave to serve process on Cardenas by email to her US counsel. Cardenas moved to dismiss for insufficient service of process, arguing that under the Hague Service……