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Case to Watch: In re POSCO
In re POSCO, a petition for a writ of mandamus now pending in the Federal Circuit, is a case for § 1782 watchers to keep an eye on. In 2012, Nippon Steel sued POSCO in Japan for trade secret misappropriation. Both firms were in the business of manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel. POSCO brought an action……
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Lago Agrio: Amazon Watch Posts Chevron “Outtakes”
Yesterday Amazon Watch, an environmental group that has recently been in Chevron’s crosshairs, published a six-minute video showing one of the pre-inspection site visits that Chevron personnel conducted.
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Case of the Day: Lombard-Knight v. Rainstorm Pictures
The case of the day is Lombard-Knight v. Rainstorm Pictures, Inc. (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). Rainstorm was a California movie production company. It entered into two investment agreements with Fortnom & Co. SA, under which Fortnom was required to provide $300 million upon Rainstorm’s delivery to it of performance bonds. It turned out, according to……
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Case of the Day: Core VCT plc v. Hensley
The case of the day is Core VCT plc v. Hensley (D.D.C. 2015). Core VCT and Core VCT IV plc, both of which were English public limited companies with their principal places of business in London, sued James Hensley in the High Court. They obtained a default judgment there, and they brought an action for……
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Lago Agrio: ICC Prosecutor Rejects LAPs’ Complaint
In October 2014 I noted a complaint the LAPs submitted to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asking her to begin an investigation with an eye toward bringing charges against Chevron. As I noted at the time, “It would be very surprising to me if the LAPs’ claims have merit.”