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Belfast Project: Moloney & McIntyre Ask The First Circuit to Stay Its Mandate
As predicted, Ed Moloney & Anthony McIntyre have filed a motion asking the First Circuit to stay its mandate pending the filing of a petition to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. The motion is solid and has, I think, a good chance of success. From a very practical perspective, production of the……
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Noteworthy Upcoming Events
I would like to inform you of two lectures. The first one, to be held on September 21 at my university, the University of Rouen, is organized by Fabienne Jault Sseke and David Robine and will deal with the European law of insolvency proceedings. There will be three roundtables. The first roundtable, chaired by Professor……
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Case of the Day: Absolute Swine Insemination Co. (H.K.) v. Absolute Swine Insemination Co.
The case of the day is Absolute Swine Insemination Co. (H.K.) v. Absolute Swine Insemination Co. (D. Nev. 2012). The facts of the case, though no doubt extremely charming, are not relevant to the case of the day. The plaintiff asserted only common law claims, and so the court had subject-matter jurisdiction only because of……
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Case of the Day: Zeevi Holdings v. Republic of Bulgaria
We return today to Zeevi Holdings Ltd. v. Republic of Bulgaria, which we first considered on April 15, 2011, when the case was still in the District Court. Here was my summary of the facts: Zeevi, an Israeli firm, had a contract with an agency of the Bulgarian government (but not with Bulgaria itself) to……
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Another Front In the Lago Agrio Case
For the second time in a week, one of my posts has been overtaken by events: Investment Arbitration Reporter (subscription required) has reported that the tribunal canceled an upcoming hearing in a way that made it pretty clear that it had decided the merits of the jurisdictional issue in favor of the United States. I’ll……