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Mia Farrow, Meet Annie Oakley!
Readers, you know I have been following the story of celebrities brought to Ecuador to participate in the “Dirty Hand of Chevron” campaign for a while. Celebrities such as Mia Farrow actually traveled to Ecuador and had their photos taken with sticky black goo on their hands. Something about this story was jogging my memory—where……
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Case of the Day: Folex Golf v. O-TA Precision Industries
The case of the day is Folex Golf Industries, Inc. v. O-TA Precision Industries Co. (9th Cir. 2015). Folex broght an action against O-TA in the Cenral District of California. O-TA argued that a Chinese default judgment against Folex, in an action against Folex brought by the Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, would have collateral……
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Ghostwriting the Lago Agrio Judgment: The New Forensic Evidence
The indefatigable Doug Cassel is back with a pro-Chevron look at Ecuador’s forensic evidence regarding the judgment ghostwriting allegation in the Lago Agrio case. It’s fair to say the evidence is equivocal—both sides have a case to make. Here is Ecuador’s new brief addressing Chevron’s arguments: I hope to have an Ecuador advocate give Letters……
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Lago Agrio: The Egg Has Landed
I titled my last post on the dust-up between MCSquared and Sharon Stone “Lago Agrio: Someone’s Going To Have Egg On His Face.” The gist was that Stone gave notice that she intended to seek dismissal of MCSquared’s suit against her on the grounds that the relevant contract contained an agreement to arbitrate. MCSquared claimed……
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Case of the Day: Soft Line S.p.A. v. Italian Homes, LLC
The case of the day is Soft Lines S.p.A. v. Italian Homes, LLC (N.C. Super. Ct. 2015). Soft Line Sued Angelo Calculli, an Italian national, and Italian Homes, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, among others. Mr. Calculli was manager of Italian Homes. Like FRCP 4(f)(3), the North Carolina rules of civil procedure permit……