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Lago Agrio: Updates in the Second Circuit and the ICC
The Second Circuit has denied the motion of Steven Donziger and the Lago Agrio plaintiffs to have the appeal of Judge Kaplan’s judgment in the RICO case assigned to the same panel of judges who decided the Naranjo case. I covered the motion a couple of weeks ago. The LAPs have opened a new front……
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Case of the Day: Rishikof v. Mortada
The case of the day is Rishikof v. Mortada (D.D.C. 2014). Trudith N. Rishikof, a pedestrian, was struck and killed by a car driven by Kamal Mortada. Mortada was a deliveryman employed by the government of Switzerland and driving a Swiss government-owned vehicle. At the time of the accident, he was delivering a package from……
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New Lago Agrio Feature: Sleaziest PR Of The Week
Every now and then some piece of PR in the Lago Agrio case strikes me as particularly sleazy. I read it and I feel like taking a shower. I could point to examples from both sides of the case. But this week, the winner is a press release from Hinton Communications about the amicus brief……
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Come Hear The Ecstasies Above!
Readers, if you are in the Boston area on November 22, come and hear my choir, the Metropolitan Chorale, under the direction of Lisa Graham, present The Ecstasies Above, featuring music of the 20th and 21st centuries that explores the theme of music and the natural world. The two big pieces are Tarik O’Regan’s The……
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Case of the Day: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. v. Holloway Motor Cars of Manchester
The case of the day is Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. v. Holloway Motor Cars of Manchester, LLC (N.H. 2014). Several automobile dealers, including Holloway, filed a protest with the New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Industry Board, alleging that Mahindra & Mahindra, a car manufacturer in Mumbai, had violated a New Hampshire statute by wrongfully terminating an……