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Argentina Rescues The Liberdad, Courtesy Of The ITLOS
I had a call some time ago from an investor who owned defaulted sovereign bonds. He had a final judgment from a US district court against the issuer, and he wanted to hire me to collect. He offered what I thought was a highly unrealistic fee, and when we discussed it, he justified his offer……
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Belfast Project: Review of Will Havemann’s Student Note
Ed Moloney has trumpeted news of a new piece in the Stanford Law Review Online on the Belfast Project: There is a brilliant article in the current issue of the Stanford Law Review, one of the most prestigious in America. Its past editors have included one Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist and……
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Updates on Lago Agrio and Argentina
So as not to get too far into the week without some cases of the day, I am going to cover some recent happenings in two of our favorite cases in a single post. First is an update on the hearing on Chevron’s motion to dismiss in Toronto; second, the hearing on the Liberdad case……
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Letters Blogatory Makes The ABA Blawg 100
Thank you to everyone who nominated Letters Blogatory for the ABA Blawg 100, the ABA’s annual list of the best 100 legal blogs. I’m happy to announce that Letters Blogatory made the cut this year. It’s an honor to be on a list with blogs like the China Law Blog, Litigation and Trial, Popehat, and……
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Argentina to Judge Griesa: Drop Dead. Judge To Argentina: Pay Up—Now
A few weeks ago, I reviewed the Second Circuit’s decision affirming Judge Griesa’s injunction in the NML Capital case requiring Argentina to pay its original bondholders pari passu whenever it makes payments to holder of the reorganized debt Argentina persuaded many of its creditors to accept. The Second Circuit remanded for consideration of which third……