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Update: The Sedona Conference’s International Principles
In February I posted on the American Bar Association’s resolution encouraging courts to “consider and respect, as appropriate, the data protection and privacy laws of any applicable foreign sovereign” in discovery matters. Now the Sedona Conference has published International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure & Data Protection, which are in the same spirit as the ABA……
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Update on the Preparations for Work on a Judgments Convention
As many readers will know, the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, concluded in 2005 but not yet in effect, provides a mechanism, for enforcement of a written choice of court agreement parties make in a civil or commercial matter, and for recognition and enforcement of the judgment that results from litigation in the……
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Update on Chevron Corp. v. The Weinberg Group
What is Chevron Corp. v. The Weinberg Group (D.D.C. 2011), you may ask? That’s what I asked after reading today’s story in the BLT. In September 2011, Magistrate Judge Facciola, of the U.S. District Court in Washington, issued an order compelling the Weinberg Group to produce documents to Chevron. Why didn’t Letters Blogatory report on……
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Questions For The Lago Agrio Plaintiffs
For reasons that are not entirely clear, partisans of both Chevron and the the Lago Agrio plaintiffs have devoted some time to arguing their case in the legal blogosphere. I say that the reasons are not entirely clear because nothing in the litigation turns on whether the parties can persuade legal bloggers and other dilettantes……
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Update on the Hague Service Convention In Mexico
Back in July 2011, I commented on some problems with implementation of the Hague Service Convention in Mexico. The Mexico situation caught others’ attention, too. In November 2011, the Consultoría Jurídica of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference and the Mexican Central Authority, held a workshop……