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Case of the Day: United States v. Public Warehousing Co.
The case of the day is United States v. Public Warehousing Co. KSC (N.D. Ga. 2017). The government’s claim was that the Public Warehousing Co. and Sultan Center Food Products, two Kuwaiti companies, had overcharged the United States on government contracts. According to the judge, for six years, the government and the relator “have been……
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Case of the Day: In re Catalyst Managerial Services
The case of the day is In re Catalyst Managerial Services, DMCC (2d Cir. 2017). The district court had granted Catalyst’s application to take discovery from several banks for use in a breach of contract action that Catalyst had brought against Libya Africa Investment Portfolio in the UK. LAIP’s main argument was that the discovery……
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Nathalie Cely on the Ecuadoran Political Scene
Nathalie Cely, former ambassador of Ecuador to the United States and Letters Blogatory contributor, comments on the Ecuadoran political scene, less polemically than Gustavo Domínguez a few days ago. Her piece, which is in Spanish, focuses on the lack of detail in all candidates’ economic proposals. Thanks, Nathalie, for your contribution!
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Water Splash v. Menon: The Respondent’s Brief
The respondent has filed her brief in Water Splash v. Menon, the case on Article 10(a) of the Hague Service Convention. I am not going to comment at length on the details of the brief. May I gently suggest that if you’re talking about Plato’s theory of forms or John Finnis on natural law in……
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Ecuador in the Twilight Zone
For those interested in the Lago Agrio case, I’m trying to publish some reactions to last week’s first-round presidential election from various points on the Ecuadoran political spectrum. The first is from Gustavo Domínguez, whom I met on my 2014 trip to Ecuador. Domínguez was a consultant to the Ecuadoran government and one of the……