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Case of the Day: Ritter Disposables v. Protner Nuevas Tecnicas
The case of the day is Ritter Disposables v. Protner Nuevas Tecnicas (E.D. Ark. 2012). Ritter was a Flordia corporation with its principal office in Arkansas. Protner was a Spanish corporation; the other defendant, Javier Masiá, was a Spaniard acting on behalf of Protner. The claim was that Protner and Ritter had a contract under……
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Breaking: Chevron Subpoenas Kevin Jon Heller, Then Withdraws Subpoena
Oh no you didn’t, Chevron. According to my impeccable sources, Chevron served a subpoena on Opinio Juris blogger Kevin Jon Heller, who has been highly critical of Chevron’s position in the Lago Agrio case, and then withdrew the subpoena when the ACLU came to Heller’s defense. Here was my initial reaction, which I thought was……
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Case of the Day: Agility Public Warehousing v. Supreme Foodservice GmbH
We return today to Agility Public Warehousing v. Supreme Foodservice GmbH, which we first saw in my post of Jan. 23, 2012. Here was my statement of the facts: Supreme wanted to bid on a US government contract to supply food to the troops in Afghanistan. It made a contract with Agility Public Warehousing and……
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Case of the Day: Lozano v. Bosdet
The case of the day is Lozano v. Bosdet (5th Cir. 2012). Gloria Lozano, a Mississippian, was a passenger in an auto accident. Her car was struck by a truck driven by Julie Bosdet. The truck was owned by Enterprise, the car rental firm, which had leaded it to Jennifer and Glen Parry, the owners……
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Lago Agrio: The Wheels of Government Turn Slowly
Here is one for the cautionary tale files. On Sept. 18, I published a post noting that Chevron had not filed an opposition to the renewal of Ecuador’s trade preferences and wondering why that might be. I hedged my bets by noting that “it’s possible [ellipsis] that Chevron has submitted a petition that simply hasn’t……