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Books and Blogs of the Day
Readers, please check out these two new offerings from friends of Letters Blogatory.
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A First Look at the Donziger Decision
Many readers will already have read about Judge Kaplan’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, which found that Steven Donziger and the Lago Agrio plaintiffs violated the RICO statute and enjoined them from benefiting from the Ecuadoran judgment or from seeking recognition of it in the United States. Yesterday was quite clearly a big……
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Case of the Day: Thai-Lao Lignite Co. v. Laos
The case of the day is Thai-Lao Lignite Co. v. Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (S.D.N.Y. 2014). I’ve covered the case several times before. Here is my brief description from my first post on the case:
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Pinchuk
The case of the day is In re Application of Pinchuk (D. Wyo. 2014). We saw a related application back in October 2013. As in the earlier case, Pinchuk sought evidence for use in an LCIA arbitration; additionally, he sought the evidence for use in an action pending in the courts of Cyprus.
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Case of the Day: House v. S.P. Richards Corp.
The case of the day is House v. S.P. Richardson Corp. (S.D. Tex. 2014). Karl House was a truck driver. He delivered a container to S.P. Richards, and when he arrived to make the delivery, he unsealed the container and opened its doors. He claimed that when he opened the doors, a file cabinet fell……