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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……
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Case of the Day Safadjou v. Mohammadi
The case of the day is Safadjou v. Mohammadi (N.Y. App. Div. 2013). The case was on appeal from a judgment in a divorce and child custody case. The husband had introduced evidence tending to show that the wife had left the United States with the couple’s child and that she intended to remain in……
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Lago Agrio: A First Look At The Ontario Decision In Yaiguaje
As I reported yesterday, the Superior Court in Ontario has stayed the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ case for recognition and enforcement of their Ecuadoran judgment against Chevron and one of its Canadian indirect subsidiaries. In today’s post, I give a non-technical, “big picture” reading of the decision, leaving the technical discussion to the Canadian lawyers who……
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BREAKING: Ontario Judge Stays Ecuadoran Plaintiffs’ Recognition and Enforcement Action Against Chevron
Update: Here is the decision. I’ll have more tomorrow morning! This just in from Jeff Gray of the Globe and Mail: Ontario judge stays move by plaintiffs to collect on Ecuadorean $19B pollution judgment against Chevron. #Chevron #law Story coming soon. — Jeff Gray (@jeffreybgray) May 1, 2013 More to come as soon as it’s……