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Proving Chinese Law: Deference to the Submissions from Chinese Government?
Longtime friend of Letters Blogatory Jie Huang, senior lecturer in the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law, has a short piece on cases in which non-US courts have considered what deference to give to Chinese interpretations of Chinese law. This is obviously of interest in light of the Animal Science Products case. The……
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Lago Agrio: Donziger Responds to Contempt Motion
Steven Donziger, the LAPs’ lead American lawyer, has now responded to Chevron’s motion for an order finding him in contempt of court. The response covers two basic topics: the shares in Amazonia, a Gibraltar company set up to disburse proceeds of the Ecuadoran judgment; and Donziger’s attempt to sell an interest in the Ecuadoran judgment……
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Case of the Day: Masillionis v. Silver Wheaton Corp.
The case of the day is Masillionis v. Silver Wheaton Corp. (C.D. Cal. 2018). The case was for securities fraud. Silver Wheaton was a Canadian corporation whose shares traded on the NYSE. Masillionis claimed that Silver Wheaton had failed to disclose to investors a risk that Canada’s tax authority could reassess its tax liability for……
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Case of the Day: EFG Bank v. AXA Equitable Life
The case of the day is EFG Bank AG, Cayman Branch v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. (S.D.N.Y. 2018). The judge had previously denied a motion by EFG, a Swiss bank, for a protective order that would have required AXA to seek discovery of information located in Switzerland via the Hague Evidence Convention. EFG sought……
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Monkey Selfie Case: The Ninth Circuit Hammers PETA
I know I am supposed to be writing about Jesner v. Arab Bank, but the monkey selfie case calls. I wrote about the case back in November 2015, and I noted the settlement in September 2017, focusing particularly on the severe costs borne by David Slater, the wildlife photographer who placed the camera that took……