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A Shout-out to John Neiman
I wanted to interrupt our regular coverage to give a shout-out to my law school classmate, John Neiman, the solicitor general of Alabama, who argued a case in the Supreme Court today. Way to go, John! That’s a great professional achievement.
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Notes from the State Department
Some time ago, I put a few questions to the State Department with a request for comment. Here are the answers I received. LB: State Department guidance and recent cases indicate that certain foreign central authorities are not carrying out their obligations under multilateral conventions on judicial assistance. For example, the State Department’s guidance on……
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Belfast Project Update: The Government Opposes The Researchers’ Motion to Intervene
As you know, we are closely following developments in the Boston College Belfast Project case here in Boston. In summary, the US government, at the request of UK authorities under the two countries’ mutual legal assistance treaty, has sought leave to issue a subpoena to Boston College to obtain oral histories that BC collected from……
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Breaking News: Second Circuit Vacates Chevron Preliminary Injunction
On Monday, the Second Circuit vacated Judge Kaplan’s preliminary injunction enjoining the Lago Agrio plaintiffs from seeking recognition and enforcement of the Ecuadoran court’s judgment against Chevron. An opinion is to issue in due course. The court’s reasoning is not clear from its brief, two-page order. We have covered the injunction extensively. I initially reported……