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Chevron, Ecuador, and the USTR
Update: This post is now out-of date. Please refer to the correction. As I have noted before, Chevron has been lobbying the US Trade Representative to conclude that Ecuador had made itself ineligible for trade preferences under the Andean Trade Preference Act by failing to comply with the orders of two arbitral tribunals in cases……
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Case of the Day: Fellowes v. Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes Office Equipment Co.
The case of the day is Fellowes v. Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes Office Equipment Co. (N.D. Ill. 2012). Fellowes, an Illinois company, purchased paper shredders and other office products from Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes, a Chinese joint venture between Fellowes Hong Kong Ltd., apparently an affiliate of Fellowes, and Jiangsu Shinri Machinery Co. When Fellowes Hong Kong……
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Case of the Day: Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. v. ProSight Speciality Management Co.
The case of the day is Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. v. ProSight Specialty Management Co. (S.D.N.Y. 2012). ProSight was an aviation insurance company, and Aioi was its reinsurer. The reinsurance contracts had an arbitration clause requiring arbitration in New York. The parties had also made an agreement to “make good-faith efforts to limit the……
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Belfast Project: Update on the High Court Hearing
The High Court in Belfast has held a hearing on whether or not to extend the injunction barring the UK authorities from receiving materials produced by the US in response to the UK’s request under the two countries’ mutual legal assistance treaty. The BBC is reporting that the judge has set another hearing for next……
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Case of the Day: Box v. Dallas Mexican Consulate General
The case of the day is Box v. Dallas Mexican Consulate General (5th Cir. 2012). Blake Box alleged that in 2006, Mexico’s former ambassador, Enriqué Hubbard Urrea, and its assistant consul, Hugo Juarez-Carillo, hired Box to help the Mexican consulate find new office space in Dallas. Box located a building within a three-building complex, and……