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Lago Agrio: What About The Ghostwriting?
It’s important to distinguish between three kinds of wrongdoing Chevron alleges in the Lago Agrio case. First is the ghostwriting of the Cabrera report and the concealment of the communications and ties between the supposedly independent Cabrera and Donziger and his team. Second is the supposed bribe of the judge in the first instance court.……
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Case of the Day: Daguerre v. Rabizadeh
The case of the day is Daguerre S.A.R.L. v. Rabizadeh (N.Y. App. Div. 2013). Daguerre is a French auction house. It alleged that the defendant, Albert Rabizadeh, was the winning bidder at a 2007 auction in Paris for four antique Russian drinking cups. Daguerre sued for the purchase price in the Superior Court of Paris……
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Kreke Immobilien
The case of the day is In re Application of Kreke Immobilien KG (S.D.N.Y. 2013). Kreke was a German limited partnership. It invested in real estate investment funds offered by Oppenheim, a German bank later purchased by Deutsche Bank. Kreke claimed that Oppenheim had misrepresented the risk of the funds. Kreke sued Oppenheim, but not……
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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Hinchee
The case of the day is Republic of Ecuador v. Hinchee (11th Cir. 2013). I covered the case in the district court back in December 2012. You may want to read this post in conjunction with my post on Ecuador v. Bjorkman, a similar case in the Tenth Circuit. As in Bjorkman, the main question……