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The Presumption of Paternity Lives!
Lawyers who love Shakespeare read him differently than other readers. We are always on the lookout for the legal nuggets. There is a small genre of “Shakespeare the lawyer” or “Shakespeare and the law” stuff out there. Some books collect the legal nuggets, sometimes with commentary. Others wonder whether Shakespeare himself was a lawyer. A……
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Case of the Day: KT Corp. v. ABS Holdings
The case of the day is KT Corp. v. ABS Holdings, Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2018). KT was a Korean firm that managed Korea’s fleet of communications satellites. ABS was a Bermuda corporation doing business in Hong Kong. In 2010, KT and ABS made a contract for the purchase and sale of the KOREASAT-3 satellite. Title would……
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Lago Agrio: Chevron Seeks Default Judgments
In the Lago Agrio RICO case in New York, you’ll recall that the court entered a final judgment against Steven Donziger and against the two Lago Agrio plaintiffs who appeared and defended in the action, Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje. But there were many other LAPs who were named as defendants but……
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Case of the Day: Salt River Project v. Trench France
The case of the day is Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District v. Trench France SAS (D. Ariz. 2018). The Salt River Project sued Trench France in a case arising out of an explosion at a Salt River power plant. Trench France brought an interesting motion seeking appointment of a commissioner under Chapter……