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Lago Agrio: Chevron Files Second Circuit Brief
Chevron has filed its brief in the Second Circuit appeal by Steven Donziger and the Ecuadoran plaintiffs.
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Lago Agrio: Update On The Arbitral Award
As I suggested a few days ago, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs have trumpeted their intention to seek to compel the government of Ecuador to pay the $100+ million arbitral award in favor of Chevron, which is now final, to the LAPs rather than to Chevron. I am still trying to determine what happened to the……
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Case of the Day: Tansey v. Cochlear Ltd.
The case of the day is Tansey v. Cochlear Ltd. (E.D.N.Y. 2014). The plaintiff, Jeanini Tansey, had a cochlear implant manufactured by Cochlear Ltd., a New South Wales company, to treat her deafness. She alleged that Cochlear had failed to comply with FDA requirements and that the device cracked and stopped working. The device had……
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Case of the Day: In re Naranjo
It never rains but it pours. The case of the day is In re Naranjo (4th Cir. 2014). The case was an appeal by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and one of their lawyers, Letters Blogatory contributor Aaron Marr Page, from discovery orders in separate proceedings brought by Chevron under Section 1782 and under FRCP 45.……
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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corp.
The case of the day is Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corp. (Hoge Raad 2014). The Dutch Supreme Court affirmed the BIT arbitral award against Ecuador, which arose out of Chevron’s claim that it had suffered damages on account of undue delay in the settlement of lawsuits TexPet (of which Chevron was a shareholder) had……