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The Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Win Another Round (The Last?) In Ecuador
In a not-unexpected development, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs won the latest round in Ecuador’s courts. An appellate court rejected Chevron’s request to be excused from the ordinary requirement of posting a bond in order to suspend the operation of the lower court’s $18 billion judgment while it pursues its appeal. This is not a surprise,……
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Belfast Project: Enter the ACLU
Moloney & McIntyre filed their brief with the First Circuit on Friday. Because the brief does not really break any new ground, I don’t review it in detail other than to repeat my view that whatever the merits of the First Amendment issues raised in the case, Moloney & McIntyre lack standing, and the appeal……
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Cert. Watch: Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
One of our cases of the day, Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 637 F.3d 783 (7th Cir. 2011), is on SCOTUSBlog’s list of petitions to watch for tomorrow’s conference at the Supreme Court. The case involved efforts of a victim of a Hamas terror attack in Israel to collect on a default judgment against……
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Breaking: Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Sue Ecuador in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Letters Blogatory has learned that the Ecuadoran plaintiffs who obtained a judgment against Chevron in Ecuador have filed a petition against Ecuador before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Here’s the scoop: Chevron is engaged in an investment treaty arbitration against Ecuador under the US/Ecuador bilateral investment treaty. Chevron is seeking orders that would require……
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Invictus: Speculation About Enforcement Of The Ecuadoran Judgment
In Latin, invictus means “unconquered.” The word is most familiar to English readers from William Ernest Henley’s poem of that name: Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not……