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Lago Agrio: Doug Cassel on the Argentine Attorney General’s Opinion
We welcome back Notre Dame law professor and Chevron advocate Doug Cassel, who offers a view of the Argentine Attorney General’s opinion on the embargo of Chevron’s assets in the country and her request for action by the Argentine Supreme Court. Doug focuses on the two issues I mentioned in my post on the opinion:……
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Two Modes of Comity
I’m very excited about my first paper on SSRN, Two Modes of Comity, which is to be published in the forthcoming issue of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law. The paper is based on remarks I gave at JIL’s 2012 Fall Symposium in Philadelphia. Here is my point in a nutshell. Sometimes people……
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Belfast Project: The New First Circuit Decision
The First Circuit has issued what may well be the last opinion, in the US courts at least, in the Belfast Project case. Readers who would like to get up to speed on the case can find my prior coverage under the “Special Coverage” menu at the top of the screen. The main point in……
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Lago Agrio: ICJ Discussion Featuring Humberto Piaguaje and Pablo Fajardo
The International Commission of Jurists is holding an event on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, called “Access to Justice and Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses.” Among the speakers: Humberto Piaguaje Lucitante and Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, representatives of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. The meeting will be held today in Room……
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Case of the Day: JBR, Inc. v. Cafe Don Paco, Inc.
The case of the day is JBR, Inc. v. Café Don Paco, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2013). Rogers Family Coffee (“JBR”) was in the business of providing community aid for sustainable coffee farming. Café Café Don Paco, Inc. was a Texas business that imported and distributed coffee from Café Don Paco, S.A., its Nicaraguan affiliate. Roberto……