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Update on Boal v. United States: The Bergadhl Case
Readers, as promised, I am keeping my eye on the Boal v. United States case, which I wrote about last week. After I posted, Boal filed a brief that strengthened his case somewhat insofar as it asserts that he had made promises of confidentiality to Sgt. Bergdahl. But my view is unchanged.
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Case of the Day: Knaggs v. Yahoo!
The case of the day is Knaggs v. Yahoo! Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2016). Do you remember McArthur Wheeler, the bank robber who robbed a bank in broad daylight with no disguise? He was caught immediately after the police broadcast the security footage showing him holding up the bank. When they arrived to arrest him, he……
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Case of the Day: CEEG (Shanghai) Solar v. LUMOS LLC
The case of the day is CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co. v. LUMOS LLC (10th Cir. 2016). CEEG was a Chinese solar panel manufacturer. LUMOS was a solar energy company in Colorado. The parties had a co-branding agreement under which LUMOS agreed to purchase at least a minimum number of solar panels from……
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Lago Agrio: Fajardo Turns On Donziger?
I didn’t see this one coming! Recall that after winning the Lago Agrio case, the plaintiffs had attached Chevron’s assets in Ecuador to satisfy the judgment. One of those assets was the right to payment of $96 million on account of a treaty arbitration pending between Chevron and Ecuador. As I noted last week, Ecuador,……
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Editorial: Russia and Wikileaks
Countries spy on each other, as they should. It’s important to understand the politics of allies and adversaries, and the intentions of leading political figures. So while I don’t like the fact that, according to reports of the assessment of the US intelligence community, the Russian government is behind the hack of the Democratic National……