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From the Blogatory Lago Agrio Desk
The Chevron Lago Agrio case has spawned a wave of judicial assistance applications here in the United States (some of which we’ve covered here and here). So while the latest development is not strictly relevant to Letters Blogatory’s usual scope of coverage, I thought readers would appreciate a link to Chevron’s massive complaint against the……
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Case of the Day: In re Search of Premises
In the case of the day, In re Search of Premises Located at at 840 140th Ave. NE, Bellevue, Wash. (9th Cir. 2011), the Russian government sought judicial assistance in aid of its criminal investigation of Arkady Gontmakher for illegal crabbing. The United States and Russia are parties to a mutual legal assistance treaty, which requires the……
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Case of the Day: AO Technabexport v. Globe Nuclear Servs. & Gas Supply
In the case of the day, AO Techsnabexport v. Globe Nuclear Servs. & Gas Supply, Ltd., No. 09-2064 (4th Cir. Dec. 15, 2010), the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision confirming an international arbitral award between a U.S. firm and a Russian firm buying and selling uranium, over objections that the tribunal had violated its……
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Case of the Day: Intercontinental Industries Corp. v. Luo
Our case of the day is Intercontinental Indus. Corp. v. Luo, Civ. A. No. 10-4174 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 20, 2011). Intercontinental sued Luo, the Communist Party Secretary of Hubei Province and owner of Wushan State Owned Industrial Holding Co., for fraud and violations of the RICO Act. The claim was that Luo induced Intercontinental to……
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Digest for January 31, 2011
Gucci America v. Guess?, Inc., 271 F.R.D. 58 (S.D.N.Y. 2010). In a trademark infringement case, the plaintiff, an American affiliate of an Italian manufacturer, sought a protective order to prevent disclosures of communications between its in-house counsel and the Italian firm’s counsel. The court held that U.S. law rather than Italian law governed the issue……