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Breaking: Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Sue Donziger
The Lago Agrio case has taken an interesting new turn. Steven Donziger, the crusading lawyer who has represented the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, whom Chevron is suing under the RICO Act, who was profiled in the New Yorker, and whose greatest regret is probably agreeing to be filmed for the documentary film Crude, has now been……
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In re Application of Mesa Power Group
The case of the day is In re Application of Mesa Power Group, LLC (S.D. Fla. 2012). Mesa had commenced a NAFTA arbitration against Canada alleging inequitable treatment by the government of Ontario in the awarding of contracts in the renewable energy field. The arbitration was still at a very early phase—the notice of arbitration……
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Case of the Day: Brown v. China Integrated Energy
The case of the day is Brown v. China Integrated Energy, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2012). The case was a class action for securities fraud against China Integrated Energy and Xincheng Gao, Gaihong Li, and Junrong Guo, among others. The three were officers or directors of China Integrated Energy. The plaintiffs did not know their addresses……
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Belfast Project: Is A Petition For An En Banc Rehearing A Waste Of Time?
I previously opined that Moloney & McIntyre’s next move was likely to be a petition for a rehearing en banc, and M&M have confirmed my prediction, though they have not yet filed their petition. And so I took a look at the rules for en banc rehearings in the First Circuit. What I found suggests……
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Magistrate Judge Recommends Transfer of Patton Boggs’s Case To New York
After the Second Circuit vacated Judge Kaplan’s preliminary injunction (which, recall, had enjoined the Lago Agrio plaintiffs from seeking to enforce the Ecuadoran judgment against Chevron anywhere in the world), Patton Boggs, the law firm representing the plaintiffs, sued Chevron in New Jersey for damages arising out of the now-vacated injunction. Its main theories were……