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Case of the Day: Manco Contracting Co. v. Bezdikian
The case of the day is Manco Contracting Co. v. Bezdikian (Cal. Ct. App. 2013). Manco Contracting Co. was a construction and engineering company operating in Qatar. Krikor Bezdikian owned 40% of the company, and Omar Al-Mana, a Qatari national, owned the remaining 60%. In 1988, Bezdikian and Al-Mana had a dispute that led to……
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Lago Agrio: Hints that the Plaintiffs Have Evidence Of Chevron Shenanigans
Update: Here is Rivero’s side of the story, in affidavit form. According to Rivero’s testimony, he phoned Zambrano in January 2013 and told him that he (Rivero) had spoken to Guerra, who had “revealed the truth about the Lago Agrio litigation.” He told Zambrano that “the truth of the case would be revealed in the……
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Letters Blogatory Mourns The Death of John P. Sinnott
I just learned of the death of John P. Sinnott, Esq. of Valdosta, Georgia. Mr. Sinnott didn’t know me, but I and other lawyers who have wrestled with chain legalization and the other nuts and bolts of preparing public documents for use abroad know him as the author of A Practical Guide to Document Authentication,……
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Belfast Project: the Government Says The Case Is Not Moot
As predicted, the government has responded to Boston College’s suggestion of the death of Dolours Price by arguing that the investigation in the UK is not limited to making a criminal case against Ms. Price herself. In its memorandum, the government chides BC for making an argument so cursory that it “would ordinarily be deemed……
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Announcements from the UIHJ
Here, courtesy of IJA Brigade member Fanny Cornette, are two announcements from the International Union of Judicial Officers (Union internationale des huissiers de justice). First, on March 15, 2013 in Brussels, the UIHJ will be holding the Sixth European Training Day of Judicial Officers. On the program: European Directive 2008/52/EC, Brussels I, and an annual……