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Keep It Classy, Chevron
I am not a partisan in the Chevron/Ecuador case, and having read a lot of the papers filed in the various proceedings, I can say that I admire the work the lawyers on both sides of the cases (I should really say the three sides of the cases, as Ecuador itself is a party to……
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Case of the Day: Advanced Aerofoil Technologies v. Todaro
The case of the day is Advanced Aerofoil Technologies AG v. Todaro (S.D.N.Y. 2011). The decision doesn’t go over the facts of the case; the complaint was for trade secret misappropriation. Some of the defendants were Americans, others were German or Swiss. The plaintiff sought leave to serve the European defendants by courier (presumably, by……
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Liberty Media v. Sheng Gan Revisited: Service On The Web?
Julian Ku recently reported on a High Court decision permitting service of process by Facebook. Today’s case of the day, Liberty Media Holdings, LLC v. Sheng Gan (D. Colo. 2012), a follow-up to our case of the day from January 30, 2012, is a slightly more sophisticated variation on the same theme. In the earlier……
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Thoughts On The Third Interim Award In the Chevron/Ecuador Case
As noted yesterday, the BIT arbitral tribunal has issued its third interim award. The basic decision is as follows: The tribunal has jurisdiction over Texaco Petroleum Co.’s claims, and the claims are admissible The tribunal has jurisdiction over Chevron’s “indirect investment” claims, that is, the claims Chevron brings as TexPet’s parent company, and those claims……
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Case of the Day: SEI Societa Esplosivi Industriali v. L-3 Fuzing and Ordinance Systems
The case of the day is SEI Societa Esplosivi Industriali SpA v. L-3 Fuzing and Ordinance Systems, Inc. (D. Del. 2012). L-3 and SEI were defense contractors involved in a contract for fuzes for “aircraft-delivered attack munitions.” L-3 was to deliver electric components to SEI, but L-3’s electronics “presented a safety issue”: they allowed the……