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Case of the Day: Lebel v. Mai
The case of the day is Lebel v. Mai (Cal. App. Ct. 2012). Laura Lebel was a tenant of Eric Mai under a 2010 condominium lease. She became dissatisfied with the tenancy, moved out of the apartment, and brought an action for constructive eviction and fraud in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Lebel’s process……
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Lago Agrio: Insurance Coverage Decision Goes Against Stratus Consulting
Here is an interesting footnote in the Lago Agrio saga. Stratus Consulting, one of the defendants in the RICO case Chevron has brought in New York against Donziger and others, had a dispute with its insurers about whether the insurers had a duty to defend Stratus and two of its employees, Douglas Beltman and Ann……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Barry Fischer Law Firm
The Case of the Day is United States v. Barry Fischer Law Firm, LLC (S.D.N.Y. 2012). Turist-Cambio Viagens Turismo LTDA was a Brazilian currency exchange company. Kesten Development corp., a British Virgin Islands corporation, was its subsidiary. In the 1990s, three of the companies’ principals, Antonio Pires de Almeida, Ruriko Inoue, and Roseli Ciolfi, were……
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Case of the Day: In re Ex Parte Application of Motorola Mobility, LLC
The case of the day is In re Ex Parte Application of Motorola Mobility, LLC (N.D. Cal. 2012), our first [section] 1782 case in quite some time. Motorola had sued Apple in Germany, alleging that the iPhone and iPad infringed Motorola patents relating to 2G and 3G wireless communication standards. Apple asserted, as a defense,……
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Lago Agrio: Argentine Court Freezes Chevron Assets
According to the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, a judge of the Commercial Court of Justice in Buenos Aires has issued an order freezing most of Chevron’s assets in Argentina pending the outcome of the action for recognition and enforcement of the Ecuadoran judgment. Again according to the plaintiffs, these assets include a stake in a pipeline……