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Case of the Day: Freedom Watch v. OPEC
The case of the day is Freedom Watch, Inc. v. OPEC (D.C. Cir. 2014). This is the appeal from the case of the day from January 28, 2013. Here is a bit of my description of the case from the prior post: Freedom Watch, a right-wing organization that accuses the “Obama-Clinton regime” of “using the……
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Book Review: Michael Goldhaber’s Crude Awakening: Chevron In Ecuador
I don’t know whether the timing of Michael Goldhaber’s new e-book, Crude Awakening, which came out shortly before Paul Barrett’s Law of the Jungle, was mere coincidence, but it is fair to say that for Steven Donziger, September is the cruelest month. Folks who have not been following the twists and turns of the Chevron/Ecuador……
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Case of the Day: Trade Well International v. United Central Bank
Readers, I over-promised on the Goldhaber review: it’s not ready today. Instead … The case of the day is Trade well International v. United Central Bank (W.D. Wis. 2014). Trade Well, a Pakistani corporation represented by a lawyer named Maurice J. Salem, sued UCB alleging conversion of hotel furnishings. UCB, the owner of the hotel,……
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Book Review: Paul Barrett’s Law of the Jungle
As I was reading Paul M. Barrett’s new book, Law of the Jungle I was kicking myself. There’s obviously a market for popular treatments of the Chevron/Ecuador case. Barrett’s book is not the only one: Michael Goldhaber’s Crude Awakening has just been published, too (here’s my review). I coulda been a contender! When we spoke,……