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A Shout-out to John Neiman
I wanted to interrupt our regular coverage to give a shout-out to my law school classmate, John Neiman, the solicitor general of Alabama, who argued a case in the Supreme Court today. Way to go, John! That’s a great professional achievement.
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Case of the Day: Satori LLC v. Prodema LLS
The case of the day is Satori LLC v. Prodema LLS (N.D.N.Y. 2011). Satori is a Russian construction contractor. It had a contract with Prodema, a Wyoming company whose manager was Caversham LLC, a New York company. The Satori/Prodema contract had a forum selection clause that chose the Artibrazh Court of the City of Moscow……
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Case of the Day: In re Republic of Ecuador
The case of the day, In re Republic of Ecuador (E.D. Cal. 2011), is yet another application for judicial assistance arising out of the Lago Agrio litigation (prior coverage here). Ecuador sought to serve a subpoena on Douglas M. Mackay, one of Chevron’s experts, who wrote reports that Chevron offered in the Lago Agrio litigation……
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Notes from the State Department
Some time ago, I put a few questions to the State Department with a request for comment. Here are the answers I received. LB: State Department guidance and recent cases indicate that certain foreign central authorities are not carrying out their obligations under multilateral conventions on judicial assistance. For example, the State Department’s guidance on……
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Case of the Day: Chevron Corp. v. Salazar
The case of the day, Chevron Corp. v. Salazar (S.D.N.Y. 2011), is a minor discovery dispute in the New York branch of the Lago Agrio litigation that illustrates the war of attrition I suggested in Monday’s post. The case involves the adequacy of Chevron’s privilege log. The magistrate judge reviewed the supposedly privileged documents at……