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The AAA National Roster
Readers, I ordinarily don’t use Letters Blogatory for advertisement or self-promotion. You can guess where this is going. I did want to let you know of a recent development in my career: I have been appointed to the American Arbitration Association’s national roster of commercial arbitrators. This means that if you are a party or……
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Case of the Day: Ido v. Attorney General
The case of the day is Ido v. Attorney General (11th Cir. 2014). Yelkal Ido, an Ethopian national, sought asylum in the United States. His claim, recounted in the Eleventh Circuit’s 2012 decision, was that he had ties to the Oromo Liberation Front, an “outlawed nationalist movement that has taken up arms against the Ethiopian……
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Lago Agrio: Another Unfounded Accusation Of Impropriety
I’m sorry to have to report that advocates for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs or Steven Donziger have again issued a press release making false accusations of impropriety. This time, the target is Judge Kaplan, and the claim is that he failed to disclose a financial interest in Chevron:
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Owl Shipping
The case of the day is In re Application of Owl Shipping, LLC (D.N.J. 2014). Owl Shipping owns the M/V Owl, and Oriole Shipping, LLC owns the M/V Oriole. Owl Shipping chartered the Owl to Dalian International. It alleges that Dalian failed to pay and Owl had to terminate the charter party. Owl claims it……
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Case of the Day: DRC v. Honduras
The case of the day is DRC, Inc. v. Republic of Honduras (D.D.C. 2014). I last covered the case back in March 2011. DRC had a contract with Fondo Hondureño de Inversión Social (“FHIS”) for construction of water and wastewater projects in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch. FHIS was a “sub-entity” of the Republic of……