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The Trump Justice Department On Subpoenas To Journalists
Last week the Attorney General said that the Department of Justice is revisiting its policies on subpoenas to journalists. He made the comment in the context of discussions of the damaging and embarrassing leaks that continue to bedevil the administration. Attorney General Sessions referred to leaks of classified information, but we’ve also seen many leaks……
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Case of the Day: Seaboard Marine v. Magnum Freight
The case of the day is Seaboard Marine Ltd. v. Magnum Freight Corp. (S.D. Fla. 2017). Seaboard sought leave to serve process on two defendants, CVG Aluminos and Terminales, in Costa Rica, by mail, and to submit the return receipt as proof of service.
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Lago Agrio: Update on the New Dutch Decision
I reported yesterday on Ecuador’s appeal from a Dutch decision refusing to annul the interim awards in the investment treaty arbitration between Chevron and Ecuador. I didn’t have the translation of the decision available in time for the post, but I’ve just received it.
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Lago Agrio: Dutch Appeals Court Affirms Denial of Annulment
The Court of Appeals of the Hague has affirmed a lower court decision decision refusing to set aside the interim awards Chevron had won against Ecuador in the investment treaty arbitration. The main questions before the lower court were, first, whether Chevron or Texaco had an “investment” in Ecuador for purposes of the BIT, and,……
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He Sullies and Degrades Everything He Touches
I’ve always liked Robert Graves’s historical fiction, even though Graves himself thought the books were popular claptrap. I’m not ashamed to admit it. Anyway, I’ve been remembering the part of the story involving the mad emperor Caligula from I, Claudius, as narrated by his clever uncle, who was later to be the emperor Claudius. By……