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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman
The case of the day, Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman (D. Colo. 2011), is the latest judicial assistance case arising out of the Lago Agrio litigation. In this installment, Ecuador sought issuance of a subpoena to Bjorn Bjorkman, an environmental expert who wrote a report for Chevron for use in the BIT arbitration. All our……
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Case of the Day: Patton Boggs LLP v. Chevron Corp.
The latest installment in our continuing coverage of the Lago Agrio litigation is Patton Boggs LLP v. Chevron Corp. (D.D.C. 2011). Our previous coverage is here. Patton Boggs was counsel to the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. It also owns the Breaux Lott Leadership Group, a lobbying firm named for former U.S. Senators John Breaux and Trent……
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Case of the Day: Rebmann v. Rohde
In Jivraj v. Hashwani, the UK Supreme Court held that an arbitration agreement that required the arbitrators to be chosen from a religious minority group was valid over an objection that the arbitrators are employees of the parties and that discrimination on the basis of religion is barred by the UK’s anti-discrimination legislation. The case……