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Case of the Day: VRG Linhas Aereas v. MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners II
The Case of the Day is VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. v. MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners II LP (2d Cir. 2013). MatlinPatterson is a private equity fund based in New York. In 2007, Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., a Brazilian airline, acting through GTI, its subsidiary, purchased VRG from two MatlinPatterson subsidiaries, Varig Logistica S.A. and……
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Lago Agrio: The Argentine Supreme Court’s Decision, In English
Here is a translation of the Argentine Supreme Court’s decision vacating the embargo of the assets of Chevron’s subsidiaries and affiliates in Argentina.
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Case of the Day: In re Application of HydroDrive Nigeria
The case of the day is In re Application of HydroDrive Nigeria, Ltd. (S.D. Tex. 2013). HydroDrive applied for issuance of a subpoena to Cal Dive International, a Texas firm, for use in two Nigerian proceedings: a defamation claim HydroDrive had brought against Saipem S.A. and Saipem Contracting Nigeria, Ltd., in the High Court in……
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BREAKING: Argentine Supreme Court Lifts Embargo of Chevron Assets In Lago Agrio Case
Bloomberg is reporting that the Argentine Supreme Court has lifted the embargo of Chevron’s assets (technically, I suppose, the assets of its subsidiaries and affiliates in Argentina, although I haven’t yet figured out exactly what the opinion says) in Argentina that the Lago Agrio plaintiffs had obtained in aid of the $19 billion Ecuadoran judgment……
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Two Modes of Comity
I’m very excited about my first paper on SSRN, Two Modes of Comity, which is to be published in the forthcoming issue of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law. The paper is based on remarks I gave at JIL’s 2012 Fall Symposium in Philadelphia. Here is my point in a nutshell. Sometimes people……