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Sleaziest PR of the Week: Episode Two
Readers, a while ago I took the LAPs to task for what I thought was an unwarranted attack on the NOW Legal Defense Fund. This time, it is Chevron’s turn. Here is a recent tweet from James Craig, one of Chevron’s communications people: https://twitter.com/jbcraig/status/539477187733094400 The link is to a blog post by Roberto Aguilar, in……
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Lago Agrio: Ecuador’s Latest Brief In The BIT Arbitration
A few weeks ago, Ecuador filed its Track 2 Supplemental Counter-Memorial in the BIT arbitration against Chevron. The brief covers some interesting ground. I want to draw attention to two points in particular.
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Happy Thanksgiving
Letters Blogatory wishes all its American readers a happy Thanksgiving! I’m on break until Monday.
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Case of the Day: Kumkang Valve Manufacturing Co. v. Enterprise Products
The case of the day is Kumkang Valve Manufacturing Co. v. Enterprise Products Operating LLC (Tex. Ct. App. 2014). Enterprise purchased 1,000 high-pressure valuves from Kumkang, a Korean firm, for use in its gas-processing plants in Colorado and Wyoming. The valves failed, and Enterprise paid $11 million to replace them. Enterprise sued Kumkang in 2007……
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Letters Blogatory Makes The 2014 Blawg 100
Readers, thank you for nominating Letters Blogatory again for the ABA’s 2014 Blawg 100 list. I’m grateful to you and to the ABA Journal’s editors for helping me bring attention to the wide, wide world of international judicial assistance. For new readers, welcome! I hope you’ll stick around for my regular features: