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Lago Agrio: New Documents Surfacing?
Update (10/9/13): The Republic of Ecuador’s lawyer had chimed in, seeking to protect the Republic’s privileged communications and raising the suspicion that someone may have obtained them illegally. Here are excerpts from the email the email: Gentlemen, I was informally served yesterday by Gibson Dunn with a proposed Order to Show Cause and supporting papers……
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The Supreme Court’s October 2013 Term: The Coming Year in International Judicial Assistance
Now that the Supreme Court has issued its last decisions of the October 2012 term, it’s time to look ahead to the coming year. Happily, the Supreme Court will hear several cases that should be of interest to Letters Blogatory readers, and there are some pending petitions that also bear watching. Petitions Granted DaimlerChrysler v.……
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Belfast Project: The New First Circuit Decision
The First Circuit has issued what may well be the last opinion, in the US courts at least, in the Belfast Project case. Readers who would like to get up to speed on the case can find my prior coverage under the “Special Coverage” menu at the top of the screen. The main point in……
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In re Application of Mesa Power Group, LLC: Is It Constitutional for a Magistrate Judge To Decide A Section 1782 Application?
The case of the day is In re Application of Mesa Power Group, LLC (D.N.J. 2013), the third installment in the case that we have considered. The new decision takes a view on some non-trivial issues (notably, it holds that a NAFTA arbitration is a proceeding before a foreign or international tribunal for purposes of……