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Case of the Day: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi v. Peterson
The case of the day is Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. New York Branch v. Peterson (S.D.N.Y. 2012). Deborah D. Peterson was the personal representative of the estate of Lance Cpl. James C. Knipple, a victim of the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut. Peterson had earlier obtained a judgment against Iran for……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL
The case of the day is United States v. Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL (S.D.N.Y. 2012). Following a Drug Enforcement Agency investigation into an “alleged scheme to launder money through the U.S. financial system and the used car market, for the benefit of Hizballah, designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State,”……
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Case of the Day: Angellino v. Royal Family Al-Saud
Today’s case of the day, Angellino v. Royal Family Al-Saud (D.C. Cir. 2012), is an offbeat service of process case. Elli Bern Angellino, an artist, alleged that he had an agreement with the Saudi royal family and sixteen of its members to design, produce, and deliver several sculptures to them in Suadi Arabia. The deal……
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Case of the Day: Chevron v. Weinberg Group
The case of the day is Chevron Corp. v. Weinberg Group (D.C. Cir. 2012). I discussed the underlying case in my post of April 17, 2012. Chevron had sought to compel the production of documents from the Weinberg Group, which worked with the Lago Agrio plaintiffs on new expert reports after the Cabrera report was……
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The Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Enlist A Congresswoman
I’ve previously noted the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ efforts to exert pressure on Chevron by seeking an SEC investigation of Chevron’s disclosures to shareholders of the litigation risk it faces. The plaintiffs have increased the pressure by enlisting Representative Janice D. Schakowsky, a Democrat representing Illinois’s Ninth District, to push the SEC to investigate. Representative Schakowsky’s……