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Lago Agrio: Dutch Court Rejects Ecuador’s Motion to Set Aside the Interim Awards
The District Court of the Hague has rejected Ecuador’s attempt to set aside the interim awards entered by the tribunal hearing the BIT dispute between Ecuador and Chevron. As I have previously noted, the tribunal had ordered Ecuador to “take all measures necessary to suspend or cause to be suspended the enforcement and recognition within……
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Case of the Day: West v. Rieth
The case of the day is West v. Rieth (E.D. La. 2016). The decision doesn’t explain the nature of the case. The plaintiff, Luke T. West, sought leave under FRCP 4(f)(3) to serve process by alternate means on Peggy Cuevas, who, he claimed, was employed by the US Army Regional Health Command Europe in Germany.……
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Case of the Day: Owens v. Sudan
The case of the day is Owens v. Republic of Sudan (D.D.C. 2015). James Owen and the other plaintiffs were victims of the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa. Owens had a default judgment against the Republic of Sudan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Under the FSIA, a default judgment has to be sent……
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Case of the Day: Freedom Watch v. OPEC
The case of the day is Freedom Watch v. OPEC (D.D.C. 2015). I’ve covered the case a few times already. Here are links to earlier posts about the District Court decision, the DC Circuit’s first decision, and the District Court’s second decision. I didn’t previously cover the DC Circuit’s decision denying Freedom Watch’s petition for……
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Case of the Day: Dooh v. Royal Dutch Shell
The case of the day is Dooh v. Royal Dutch Shell plc, a recent decision of the Court of Appeal in the Hague. The decision is apparently only available in Dutch, though the link has an official press release in English describing the decision.