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Lago Agrio: Chevron Makes Contempt Claim
Chevron has brought a motion asserting that Steven Donziger, the LAPs’ American lawyer, is in contempt of the final judgment in the RICO case, which included an injunction forbidding Donziger to seek to monetize the Ecuadoran judgment. The allegations are juicy, but as we will see, there may be less to Chevron’s claim than meets……
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Case of the Day: Elsevier v. Chew
The case of the day is Elsevier, Inc. v. Chew (S.D.N.Y. 2018). Elsevier, a publisher, sued twenty unknown defendants, alleging they were infringing its copyright by selling counterfeit textbooks on eBay. By way of subpoenas to eBay and PayPal, Elsevier was able to obtain the names and email addresses of the defendants, though not their……
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The Stormy Daniels Case: Declaratory Judgments, The Statute of Frauds, Removal and Arbitration Law For The Layperson
Outside of work, a lot of friends have asked me about the lawsuit that pornographic actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, against the President, also, sadly, known as David Dennison. I regret having to write that sentence. Anyway, they’ve asked what I think about the merits and also what I can tell them……
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Case of the Day: Alpha Bank v. Yakovlev
The case of the day is AO Alpha Bank v. Yakovlev (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). Alpha, a Russian bank, loaned money in 2007 and 2008 to Trial Trading House, LLC, a Russian firm. Oleg Yakovlev personally guaranteed the loan on terms set out in a separate surety agreement. The surety agreement chose the Meschansky District……
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Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018
The great physicist Stephen Hawking died yesterday, as I’m sure you know by now. Hawking, and in particular his 1988 book, A Brief History of Time, got me interested in cosmology as a teenager, and while I’m a landlubber in any hard science, the interest has never worn off. I know that Hawking was important……