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Lago Agrio: Dutch Appeals Court Affirms Denial of Annulment
The Court of Appeals of the Hague has affirmed a lower court decision decision refusing to set aside the interim awards Chevron had won against Ecuador in the investment treaty arbitration. The main questions before the lower court were, first, whether Chevron or Texaco had an “investment” in Ecuador for purposes of the BIT, and,……
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Jared Hubbard on the Texas Loophole
I’m happy to welcome new commenter Jared Hubbard to Letters Blogatory! Jared has a practice in Newburyport, and before that was most recently an associate with White & Case. He knows whereof he writes, because he’s admitted to practice in Texas, and he was counsel to OPEC in the Freedom Watch case, which I’ve covered……
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Case of the Day: Kriegman v. Slanina
The case of the day is Kriegman v. Slanina (In re LLS America, LLC) (E.D. Wash. 2017). We don’t really know what the case was about, but the court had entered a default judgment against Slanina, and Slanina had then appeared and sought to vacate the judgment on service of process grounds.
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Case of the Day: Chukkapalli v. Mandava
The case of the day is Chukapalli v. Mandava (Tex. Ct. App. 2017). The case was a divorce case. The couple had resided in India, but the wife moved to Texas and then filed a divorce petition there. The wife’s counsel sought to serve the husband by personal delivery in India via a process server……
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Please Nominate Letters Blogatory!
Readers, it is the time of year when I make my one and only pitch for your support: the ABA is again soliciting nominations for its annual listing of the 100 best legal blogs. Actually, this year the ABA is expanding its scope to include law firm websites and social media. I happen to think……