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Thoughts on “Recognition in a Corrupt World”
Last Friday’s symposium in Philadelphia was pretty darn interesting, and I had great fun participating and meeting the other panelists. For obvious reasons I didn’t live blog my own panel, “Recognition in a Corrupt World,” and so I wanted to give a very brief report on my contribution to the discussion. My talk harkened back……
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Panel Four: International Search for a Remedy
Panel Four is about to get started. The topic is International Search for a Remedy, with Judith Kimerling and Chiara Giorgetti. Hernán Pérez Loose was unfortunately unable to make it due to the storm.
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Panel Three: U.S. Courts as Arbiters of Global Human Rights Disputes
Welcome back! We are about to get started with U.S. Courts as Arbiters of Global Human Rights Disputes, with John B. Bellinger III, Vivian Curran, and Roger Alford. I imagine the centerpieces will be the ATS and Kiobel.
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Panel One: Vulnerability to Suit Amid Changing Doctrines
Welcome to the Letters Blogatory liveblog of the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Journal of International Law’s symposium, Mass Torts Litigation in a Shrinking World! Just to let you know how this will work, I will be posting one post for each panel, and if you click on the title of the post, you will……
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Breaking: Lago Agrio Plaintiffs to Seek Recognition and Enforcement in Argentina
Reuters is reporting that the Lago Agrio plaintiffs plan to seek recognition and enforcement of their Ecuadoran judgment in an Argentine court. No details as yet—stay tuned! This new action, if it is filed, raises the possibility of Letters Blogatory worlds colliding: I have been covering the Argentina sovereign debt cases as well as the……