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Lago Agrio: Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal of Donziger’s Counterclaims Against Chevron
Back in August, I reported on Donziger’s counterclaims against Chevron in the New York case. The magistrate judge has now recommended that Judge Kaplan dismiss the counterclaims in their entirety. Here was my description of the counterclaims for my prior post: Donziger begins with a retelling of the history of the Lago Agrio case from……
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Update on Argentina v. NML Capital
If you read my post last week on cases on review at the Supreme Court, you may be wondering what happened in Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, the other case discussed at the Court’s April 12 conference. The Court deferred a decision on Argentina’s request for review and invited the Solicitor General to give……
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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies Moloney & McIntyre’s Petition for Certiorari in the Belfast Project Case
Today marks the end of the road for Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre in the US courts. Without comment, the Supreme Court has denied their petition for a writ of certiorari. Thus the First Circuit decision will be the last word in the case. As an added bonus, the Supreme Court’s decision doesn’t make me……
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Case of the Day: Sea Search Armada v. Colombia
Aargh! We return today to Sea Search Armada v. Republic of Columbia, a case I first covered in October 2011. Here was my description of the facts: According to the complaint, Sea Search Armada had an agreement with the government of Colombia for salvage of the treasure of the San Jose,a Spanish ship carrying $4……
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Lago Agrio: The Beltman Declaration
I am skipping lunch today to find the time to post the declarations of the Stratus witnesses for you to read because when I took a quick look, I simply could not believe what I was reading. Let’s start with Douglas Beltman, the Executive VP of Stratus and one of its founders, who was in……