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Lago Agrio: My Prediction
Readers, only one of you was foolhardy brave enough to take a guess about the outcome of the Second Circuit RICO appeal. That’s okay. Here for what it is worth is my prediction. Before giving it, a word of explanation is in order. I am not using any particular methodology, and I am not going……
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Case of the Day: DHL Global Forwarding Management Latin America v. Pfizer
The case of the day is DHL Global Forwarding Management Latin America, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2014). DHL Global and DHL Logistics Brasil Ltda sued Itau Seguros, S.A., Pfizer, Pfizer Global Trading, and Laboratorios Pfizer Ltda, seeking a declaratory judgment regarding the extent of DHL’s liability for a partially rejected shipment of pharmaceuticals. Itau,……
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Case of the Day: Law Office of G.A. Lambert v. Davidoff
The case of the day is Law Office of G.A. Lambert & Associates v. Davidoff (D.D.C. 2014). The action was for failure to pay legal fees. It ended in a default judgment.
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Case of the Day: Yukos Capital v. Samaraneftegaz
The case of the day is Yukos Capital S.A.R.L. v. Oio Samaraneftegaz (2d Cir. 2014). In 2004, Yukos loaned Samaraneftegaz almost 2.5 billion rubles. The loan agreement had an arbitration agreement providing for arbitration before the ICC. Samaraneftegaz defaulted, and Yukos demanded arbitration. Samaraneftegaz failed to participate, and eventually Yukos won a judgment for the……
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Case of the Day: Application of Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay
The case of the day is In re Application of the Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay (S.D.N.Y. 2014). Peter Nygård was the longtime owner of Nygård Cay in the Bahamas. Louis Bacon owned a neighboring parcel, Point House. The Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay had brought two actions in the Bahamas challenging the supposed failure……