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Belfast Project: Update on the High Court Hearing
The High Court in Belfast has held a hearing on whether or not to extend the injunction barring the UK authorities from receiving materials produced by the US in response to the UK’s request under the two countries’ mutual legal assistance treaty. The BBC is reporting that the judge has set another hearing for next……
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Belfast Project: Recap of the Argument in the First Circuit
Although it was overshadowed somewhat by the High Court’s injunction today, the First Circuit heard oral argument in Boston College’s appeal from a portion of Judge Young’s judgment in the Belfast Project case. All prior coverage is at my Belfast Project index page. The three judges who heard the case were Judge Boudin, Judge Torruella,……
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Belfast Project: Moloney & McIntyre Ask The First Circuit to Stay Its Mandate
As predicted, Ed Moloney & Anthony McIntyre have filed a motion asking the First Circuit to stay its mandate pending the filing of a petition to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. The motion is solid and has, I think, a good chance of success. From a very practical perspective, production of the……
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Lago Agrio: Donziger Strikes Back
There’s a major development in the Lago Agrio case to report today. Steven Donziger has moved for leave to amend his answer to assert counterclaims against Chevron. Until now, Chevron has been almost entirely on the offensive in the US courts, making serious allegations of misconduct in Ecuador against Donziger and others, and in my……
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Editorial: Some Common Sense On The Belfast Project
I want to give my own views on some issues addressed in recent editorials on the Belfast Project case. In my view, many of the points out there in the blogosphere are wrong or at least arguably wrong, and I think it is worthwhile to put another view out there to let people interested in……