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US Court Authorizes Service By Twitter on Wikileaks
The Democratic National Committee has obtained leave of court to serve process on Wikileaks via Twitter in its lawsuit against Russia, Wikileaks, Julian Assange and others. I have written previously about the FSIA issue in the case and the issues about serving process on Mr. Assange in the Ecuadoran embassy in London. But serving process……
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At Last: A Draft UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Longtime guest poster Doug Cassel comments on the recently released draft of a treaty on business and human rights. Drafting a viable, meaningful, United Nations treaty on business and human rights would be daunting in the best of circumstances. It is even more challenging in the context of the current effort underway in Geneva. The……
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Impeach Trump
In late 2016, after the election, there was a movement seeking to persuade the electoral college to elect someone other than Mr. Trump president. I had already been arguing here for a long time that Donald Trump was unfit to be president and that he posed a danger to our country. It wasn’t just that……
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Lago Agrio: Steven Donziger Indefinitely Suspended From The Practice of Law
The worst thing that can happen to a lawyer has happened to Steven Donziger, the lead American lawyer for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, has indefinitely suspended him from the practice of law. The decision was short and to the point: the court gave preclusive effect to the facts……
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Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Sudan v. Harrison
At the June 21 conference, shortly before the end of the Term, the Supreme Court granted a cert. petition in Republic of Sudan v. Harrison, which I covered back in 2016. The issue is whether you can comply with the FSIA’s service requirements by sending the summons and complaint by mail to the foreign state’s……