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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……
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SCOTUS Blog’s Symposium on the Constitutionality of the ACA
I hope readers won’t mind if I take frolic and detour outside of the Letters Blogatory scope of coverage and provide a link to SCOTUSBlog’s interesting symposium on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, and in particular the insurance mandate. It contains a highly interesting set of short pieces by scholars on the left……
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Case of the Day: Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
H/T to Antonin Pribetic for a pointer to the case of the day, Lantheus Med. Imaging, Inc. v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (Ontario Super. Ct. of Justice 2011). In the underlying case, Lantheus Med. Imaging, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., pending in the Southern District of New York, Lantheus sued Zurich, its insurer,……
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Case of the Day: Continental Transfert Technique Ltd. v. Nigeria
The case of the day is Continental Transfert Technique Ltd. v. Federal Gov’t of Nigeria (D.D.C. 2011). An earlier decision provides the factual background. In 1999, Continental contracted with the Nigerian government to produe computer-compatible identification cards. The contract contained an interesting arbitration clause, providing that any dispute shall be referred to arbitration in accordance……