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Lago Agrio: Did The Plaintiffs Buy the Judgment?
In responding to the Declaration of former Ecuadorian Judge Alberto Guerra—who claims to have taken thousands of dollars from the plaintiffs to fix the outcome in the Lago Agrio litigation against Chevron—Ted Folkman is judicious. While reporting Guerra’s allegations and crediting Chevron’s lawyers for ferreting them out, Ted’s first reaction is that “I don’t trust……
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Case of the Day: In re Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Litigation
The case of the day is In re Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal. 2013). The main multi-district litigation involves antitrust claims against cathode ray tube manufacturers. Sharp Corp., an electronics manufacturer, was a plaintiff in a similar litigation in Korea against Korean CRT manufacturers. Sharp sought leave under 28 USC § 1782 to……
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Case of the Day: Kita v. Superior Court
The case of the day is Kita v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Cal. Ct. App. 2013). Takahito and Kanako Kita were Japanese nationals who were married in Japan in 2003. They had two children, a son and a daughter, both born in Japan. In 2008, Takahito’s employer transferred him to its California office.……
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BREAKING: Argentine Appellate Court Upholds Chevron Asset Freeze In the Lago Agrio Case
According to Enrique Bruchou, a lawyer for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs quoted by Reuters, an Argentine appellate court has upheld a lower court’s order freezing the assets of Chevron affiliates in Argentina. As I reported in November, a judge in Buenos Aires, acting under the Inter-American Convention on Execution of Preventive Measures, had issued an……
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Case of the Day: Chabad v. Russian Federation
We return today to the case of the day from July 29, 2011, Agudas Chasidei Chabad v. Russian Federation. The case involves an effort by Chabad, the ultra-orthodox Jewish movement, to recover possession of its library and archives from the Russian state. In 2010, after the entry of the default judgment, the judge had ordered……