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The Belfast Project Case on EJIL: Talk!
For the most part the Belfast Project case has gotten little attention in the international law blogosphere (aside from here at Letters Blogatory, of course). Now Joanna Harrington has published an interesting look at the case at EJIL that is well worth a read for its very clear summary of some of the main issues.……
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Breaking: Justice Breyer Enters Stay In The Belfast Project Case
Justice Breyer, acting as circuit justice, has stayed the First Circuit’s mandate in the Belfast Project case “pending receipt of a response, due on or before Thursday, October 11, 2012, by 4 p.m., and further order of [Justice Breyer] or of the Court” I’ll keep you posted as this develops.
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Case of the Day: Oak Point Partners v. Lessing
The case of the day is Oak Point Partners v. Lessing (N.D. Cal. 2012). The claim was that EXDS, a US company, had loaned $23 million to Exodus GmbH, its German subsidiary. EXDS went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and Oak Point Partners, Inc., the plaintiff, bought all of its assets, including its rights against……
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Belfast Project: Moloney & McIntyre Seek a Stay in the Supreme Court
In the Belfast Project case, Ed Moloney & Anthony McIntyre have sought a stay of the First Circuit’s judgment in the Supreme Court. They filed their application on September 28. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court does not make filings electronically available, as the other federal courts do, but I am trying to obtain a copy and……
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Update on the Heller Subpoena
In a new article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Chevron suggests that it subpoenaed Kevin Jon Heller’s gmail account because it didn’t believe that the account belonged to him. This hardly seems credible—Chevron could simply have asked Heller, or it could have done five minutes of googling. I want to clear up a misconception that……