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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……
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Donzigerdämmerung?
Steven Donziger’s lawyers, Keker & Van Nest LLP, have moved for leave to withdraw from the case, citing non-payment of its fees of more than $1.4 million. The motion pulls no punches, accusing Judge Kaplan of allowing the case to “degenerate[] into a Dickensian farce” and accusing Chevron of “scorched-earth litigation, executed by its army……