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Case of the Day: Demirchyan v. Gonzales
The case of the day is Demirchyan v. Gonzales (C.D. Cal. 2013). In 2005, the government ordered Arutyun Demirchyan deported for reasons that do not appear in the decision. In Demirchyan v. Mukasey, 278 Fed. Appx. 778 (9th Cir. 2008), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals’s decision not to reopen the proceedings,……
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Case of the Day: Cambria Co. v. Pental Granite & Marble, Inc.
The case of the day is Cambria Co. v. Pental Granite & Marble, Inc. (D. Minn. 2013). Cambria, a Minnesota company that designs, manufactures, and sells quartz surfacing products such as countertops, sued Vinaconex Advanced Compound Stone Joint Stock Co. for copyright infringement, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment. Vinaconex was a Vietnamese corporation that manufactured……
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Lago Agrio: Zambrano Strikes Back
Friday’s post was ill-timed. I wrote about the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ responses to the Guerra Declaration, little knowing that on April 4 the Lago Agrio plaintiffs had filed what I have long been hoping they would file: a declaration from Judge Nicolás Zambrano Lozada, the target of Guerra’s main accusations of judicial corruption. Here are……
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Lago Agrio: The Response to Guerra
Do you remember the blockbuster Guerra declaration? This was the extraordinary statement by one of the Ecuadoran judges involved in the Lago Agrio case detailing Chevron’s story of corruption. I covered it in detail in my Maestro Mastro post and in a few follow-ups. While the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ and Donziger’s response didn’t generate as……
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Argentina’s Offer To Holdout Creditors Lacks Oomph
On March 29, as ordered by the Second Circuit, Argentina submitted its offer to its creditors who have been unwilling to exchange their securities for new securities Argentina issued after its default. I have to say that I don’t really understand the offer. As I read the document, Argentina is offering to exchange the old……