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Update on the Heller Subpoena
In a new article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Chevron suggests that it subpoenaed Kevin Jon Heller’s gmail account because it didn’t believe that the account belonged to him. This hardly seems credible—Chevron could simply have asked Heller, or it could have done five minutes of googling. I want to clear up a misconception that……
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Lago Agrio: The Heller Subpoena
As I reported on Wednesday, Chevron issued a subpoena to blogger Kevin Jon Heller of Opinio Juris, who has been highly critical of Chevron in the Lago Agrio litigation. Heller had some back-and-forth with Chevron advocate (and Letters Blogatory contributor) Doug Cassel and his fellow bloggers Roger Alford and Kenneth Anderson in the comments to……
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Judicial Review under the Hague Service Convention in Germany
IJA Brigade correspondent Peter Bert returns today with a post on the procedure under which a German defendant can challenge service of process under the Hague Service Convention in the German courts after service has been made. I had asked Peter a question about this in another context, and he was good enough to expand……
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Case of the Day: Ritter Disposables v. Protner Nuevas Tecnicas
The case of the day is Ritter Disposables v. Protner Nuevas Tecnicas (E.D. Ark. 2012). Ritter was a Flordia corporation with its principal office in Arkansas. Protner was a Spanish corporation; the other defendant, Javier Masiá, was a Spaniard acting on behalf of Protner. The claim was that Protner and Ritter had a contract under……
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Breaking: Chevron Subpoenas Kevin Jon Heller, Then Withdraws Subpoena
Oh no you didn’t, Chevron. According to my impeccable sources, Chevron served a subpoena on Opinio Juris blogger Kevin Jon Heller, who has been highly critical of Chevron’s position in the Lago Agrio case, and then withdrew the subpoena when the ACLU came to Heller’s defense. Here was my initial reaction, which I thought was……