Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Author: Ted Folkman

  • Can I Count On Your Vote?

    The ABA is soliciting nominations for its 2011 “Blawg 100,” a listing of 100 blogs written by lawyers for lawyers. If you look at last year’s awards, you’ll see that there’s not even a category for international law blogs (though some international law blogs are included, for instance, the China Law Blog, in the “niche”……

  • Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman

    The case of the day, Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman (D. Colo. 2011), is the latest judicial assistance case arising out of the Lago Agrio litigation. In this installment, Ecuador sought issuance of a subpoena to Bjorn Bjorkman, an environmental expert who wrote a report for Chevron for use in the BIT arbitration. All our……

  • A Note to Readers

    This coming Monday, August 15, Letters Blogatory will be undergoing a technical upgrade. The process should be invisible to readers, but I’ve learned to take that kind of should with a grain of salt, so apologies in advance if you have trouble reading the blog on Monday. The process should be completed by Tuesday. There……

  • Case of the Day: Patton Boggs LLP v. Chevron Corp.

    The latest installment in our continuing coverage of the Lago Agrio litigation is Patton Boggs LLP v. Chevron Corp. (D.D.C. 2011). Our previous coverage is here. Patton Boggs was counsel to the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. It also owns the Breaux Lott Leadership Group, a lobbying firm named for former U.S. Senators John Breaux and Trent……

  • Case of the Day: Rebmann v. Rohde

    In Jivraj v. Hashwani, the UK Supreme Court held that an arbitration agreement that required the arbitrators to be chosen from a religious minority group was valid over an objection that the arbitrators are employees of the parties and that discrimination on the basis of religion is barred by the UK’s anti-discrimination legislation. The case……