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Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group: A Reply to Ted Folkman
Cross-posted at The Trial Warrior. My blawging colleague, Ted Folkman over at Letters Blogatory, has an informative post about Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Highland Consulting Group, Inc. (D. Md. 2013) a recent Maryland District Court decision dealing with service of process under the Hague Service Convention (“Syncrude”). In Syncrude, the Plaintiff, Syncrude Canada Ltd. (“Syncrude”……
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Steven Donziger Has A Fraud Problem
Steven Donziger has a problem. The problem is not necessarily that he committed fraud (though maybe he did if Chevron is right). The problem is that people who should be his allies are accusing him of fraud. We have already seen the Reyes Declaration and the Calmbacher deposition, as well as the case brought by……
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A New Paper On Shipwrecks
As a Christmas treat, I am pleased to be able to reprint, with the author’s kind permission, IJA member Jie Huang’s new paper, “Legal Battles over Underwater Shipwrecks in the High Seas: The Case of the Odyssey.” The paper is also available at the ASIL website. It is especially interesting to hear from Chinese scholars……
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Chevron Turns On Trillium, One Of Its Owners
The Lago Agrio plaintiffs and Steven Donziger were on the hot seat on Tuesday, but today it’s Chevron’s turn. One of Chevron’s shareholders is Trillium Asset Management. Trillium has been a regular sponsor of shareholder resolutions regarding Chevron’s environmental policies, and in May 2011 Trillium signed a letter with other shareholders calling on Chevron “to……