-
Paper of the Day: Pribetić on “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Canada”
Today’s paper of the day, by friend of Letters Blogatory Antonin Pribetić, of Himelfarb Proszanski and the The Trial Warrior blog, will be of interest to Letters Blogatory readers, and especially to those following the twists and turns of the Lago Agrio case. It’s titled Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Canada, and it’s……
-
Serving Process on US Defendants in Greek Proceedings: A Case Law Survey
Contributor Apostolos Anthimos has a nuts-and-bolts post about Greek caselaw on the Hague Service Convention in US-related cases. In my previous post, I presented two recent decisions of Greek courts on the application of the 1965 Hague Service Convention in Greece. Following that post and the release of my recent book on service of process……
-
Lago Agrio: Day 2
Readers, I trust you understand that my coverage of the trial is incomplete. Because I only have access to the witness statements (i.e., to what would be the testimony of Chevron’s witnesses on direct examination) and not to the cross-examination, I am only able to report on half of the goings-on. I’m looking into ways……
-
Lago Agrio: Day 1
The Lago Agrio RICO trial got under way today in New York. Reuters has a pretty good summary. To the defendants’ dismay, Judge Kaplan is using a procedure that is not uncommon these days in bench trials: parties offer the direct testimony of their witnesses in affidavits, and the witnesses are then subject to live……
-
Lago Agrio: The RICO Trial Starts Today
The trial of Chevron’s claims against the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and Steven Donziger starts today in New York. Unfortunately, all of Letters Blogatory’s staff reporters are busy on other assignments, so I will not have live coverage. Here are a few updates from the docket in the final lead-up to the trial: The Surprise Documents.……