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Case of the Day: Magi XXI, Inc. v. Vatican City State
The case of the day is Magi XXI, Inc. v. Stato della Città del Vaticano (2d Cir. 2013). The Vatican Office of Publications, an instrumentality of the Vatican City State, entered into a license agreement with Second Renaissance, LLC, under which it granted Second Renaissance the right to produce and market products based on reproductions……
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Lago Agrio: Magistrate Judge Allows High-Level Chevron Depositions To Proceed
Update (5/10/13): Right on cue, Chevron has filed the objections to the magistrate judge’s decision that I predicted. Update (5/15/13): Judge Kaplan has overruled Chevron’s objection to the magistrate judge’s decision. A big development in the Lago Agrio case yesterday … Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV has approved the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ bid to……
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Case of the Day: St. Ventures v. KBA Assets & Acquisitions
The case of the day is St. Ventures, LLC v. KBA Assets & Acquisitions, LLC (E.D. Cal. 2013). St. Ventures sued KBA, Ben Fenfield, Asset Placement Ltd., Susan Gillis, Paul Windwood, and Bank of America, claiming that “the defendants obtained a bond owned by St. Ventures through fraudulent means.” Asset Placement Ltd. was a UK……
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Belfast Project: Boston Prosecutors as Irish Politicians
Today I bring you an editorial by Chris Bray, a longtime observer of the Belfast Project case. Chris believes the UK authorities don’t intend to prosecute anyone in the McConville case, and thus he regards the entire affair as a farce of sorts. I read his piece as a criticism of the US Attorney General……