Author: Ted Folkman

  • Symposium Day 2

    Thank you to Cassandra Robertson, Chris Whytock, Ron Brand, Doug Cassel, and Aaron Page for their contributions to the first-ever Letters Blogatory symposium. Cassandra and Chris gave very clear statements of their proposals for closing the “access-to-justice gap”, and Ron provided a thoughtful critique. Doug and Aaron discussed the Whytock/Robertson article from the perspective of……

  • BREAKING: Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Seek Recognition and Enforcement in Canada

    I have breaking news to report in the Lago Agrio case. The plaintiffs have brought an action for recognition and enforcement of the judgment in the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario. It looks like Alan Lenczner of Lenczner Slaght will be representing the plaintiffs. I will have more details as they become available, and……

  • A New Kind of Estoppel?

    I want to thank all of the contributors to today’s symposium. I’m really pleased and honored to be able to host what I think has been a very good discussion of a significant current issue. I want to comment briefly on what Whytock and Robertson have to say about estoppel. As I understand their position,……

  • Symposium: Forum Non Conveniens And Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

    I am very pleased to welcome readers to the first ever Letters Blogatory symposium! I got the idea from the folks at Opinio Juris, who do such things regularly and well. The topic of our mini-symposium is the relationship between the doctrine of forum non conveniens and the defenses that a judgment debtor can offer……

  • Symposium!

    Please visit Letters Blogatory tomorrow for what I hope will be an interesting symposium on the intersection between forum non conveniens and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. This is obviously a hot-button issue in light of the Chevron/Ecuador case, and several of the participants will touch on that case in the course of their……