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Lago Agrio: Stratus Consulting Turns On Donziger
Update: I have updated the post to include a statement from Craig Smyser, one of the Ecuadoran plaintiffs’ lawyers. I had a nice post scheduled for next week explaining the recent settlement between Chevron and Stratus Consulting, and in particular to speculate on the importance of the cooperation clauses in the settlement agreement: Stratus agreed……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Badger
The case of the day is United States v. Badger (D. Utah 2013). In 2004, the defendant, George Badger, had consented to entry of a judgment against him in a case brought by the SEC. The claim in the case was that Badger had bribed brokers to induce them to sell stock in his golf……
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Lago Agrio: Second Circuit Expedites Mandamus Petition
Update: Note that Judge Carney, who granted the motion to expedite, was not on the panel that decided the original Naranjo case. It’s not clear whether this is significant or whether she consulted her colleagues before deciding the motion. This just in … the Second Circuit, on the motion of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, has……
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Case of the Day: DFSB Kollective v. Bing Yang
The case of the day is DFSB Kollective Co. v. Bing Yang (N.D. Cal. 2013). We reviewed a previous DFSB case in July 2012. As in the earlier case, the claim here was for copyright infringement. One of the defendants, Bin Yang, lived in Vietnam. The other, Indrawati Yang, lived in Indonesia. Neither country is……
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Supreme Court Update
Both of my “Cert. Pending” cases to watch are to be discussed at the Justices’ conference this Friday, April 12. And both have made SCOTUSBlog’s “petitions to watch” list, which means that in Tom Goldstein’s view, both “have a reasonable chance of being granted.” Under the Supreme Court’s ordinary practice, we can expect orders in……