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New Discussion of the Belfast Project Case
A new commentator on the Belfast Project case, Dr. Virginia Raymond, has emerged! Dr. Raymond has written a long post on the case at her blog, Wire Cutter. I post the link here without comment in the hopes that others interested in the case from the oral history perspective rather than the strictly legal perspective……
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Case of the Day: Mercator Property Consultants v. Sumampow
The case of the day is Mercator Property Consultants Pty. Ltd. v. Sumampow (Cal. Ct. App. 2012). Mercator is a property development investment company in Perth. It owned 10% of the Christmas Islands Resort Company, which as the name suggests built resorts on Christmas Island, an Australian territory. Robby Sumampow, an Indonesian national, acquired the……
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Questions For The Lago Agrio Plaintiffs
For reasons that are not entirely clear, partisans of both Chevron and the the Lago Agrio plaintiffs have devoted some time to arguing their case in the legal blogosphere. I say that the reasons are not entirely clear because nothing in the litigation turns on whether the parties can persuade legal bloggers and other dilettantes……
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Case of the Day: Shehadeh v. Alexander
The case of the day is Shehadeh v. Alexander (Ga. Ct. App. 2012). Abdel Karim Shehadeh, Mark Alexander, and others were parties to an operating agreement for Hydrajet Technology, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company. Shahadeh and Alexander entered into a separate agreement under which Shehadeh was to purchase Alexander’s interest in Hydrajet. Litigation over……
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Case of the Day: Sunflower Bank v. H.P. Construction Ltd.
The case of the day is Sunflower Bank, N.A. v. H.P. Construction Ltd. (D. Kan. 2012). The claim was for conversion of construction equipment. HP defaulted, and Sunflower moved for entry of default judgment. The judge wanted to satisfy himself on proper service of process. He wrote that the return of service showed that the……