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Update: the Briefs in Chiejina v. Nigeria
I reported on the decision denying a jurisdictional motion to dismiss in Chiejina v. Nigeria, an award enforcement case I’m handling, back in August 2022. The dispute involved breaches of a contract for construction of gully erosion control structures in Nigeria’s Imo state. The parties have now filed their briefs in the DC Circuit (Nigeria’s……
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Lago Agrio: Supreme Court Denies Donziger’s Petition For Review of His Contempt Conviction.
The Supreme Court has denied Steven Donziger’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review his conviction for contempt of court. At least two justices, Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, would have granted the petition, and Justice Gorsuch (joined by Justice Kavanaugh) published a dissent. The criminal charges against Donziger, and his conviction after trial, stemmed……
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Interesting Post on the New English Rules on Extraterritorial Disclosure
Jonathan Shaffer-Goddard published an interesting post yesterday at the Transnational Litigation Blog about the October 2022 amendment to the English Civil Procedure Rules regarding extraterritorial disclosure orders. These are orders that the English court can grant ex parte and that can be served on a person abroad, including in the United States, for the purpose……
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About Ted Folkman & Letters Blogatory
I’m Ted Folkman. I’ve been practicing law in Boston for more than twenty years. You can read my business biography at the Rubin and Rudman website. I first got interested in international judicial assistance in around 2010, when I handled a few service matters and my first Section 1782 cases. Since then, been lucky enough……
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Hello to Rubin & Rudman!
If you have ever written a story, painted a painting, or started a business, you know how proud you are of a creation done well. That’s how I feel about Folkman LLC, the practice I started at the beginning of COVID in early 2020 and that has been my professional home for nearly three years.……