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Case of the Day: Pivar v. Van Gogh Museum
The case of the day is Pivar v. Van Gogh Museum (S.D.N.Y. 2022). Full disclosure: I was counsel for The Van Gogh Museum Foundation (“the Museum”), the defendant in the case. The Museum houses (though it does not own) the world’s largest collection of the works of Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. One service the…
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Case of the Day: Chevron Corp. v. Donziger
The case of the day is Chevron Corp. v. Donziger (S.D.N.Y. 2012). As we know, Chevron waged a discovery campaign across the United States that led to a lot of juicy evidence that Chevron has used in its battles with Steven Donziger and the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. The LAPs have also sought US discovery. In…
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Case of the Day: Mead Johnson & Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co.
The case of the day is Mead Johnson & Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co. (S.D. Ind. 2012). Mead and PBM Products were competitors in the infant formula business. PBM claimed that Mead was guilty of false advertising. It won a $13.5 million judgment against Mead in 2009, which the Fourth Circuit affirmed in 2011. Mead…
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Case of the Day: Fuld v. PLO
The case of the day is Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization (S. Ct. 2025). I last wrote about the case when the Second Circuit denied a petition for a rehearing en banc, and friend of Letters Blogatory Maggie Gardner had an excellent post about the case at about the same time at the Transnational Litigation…
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Case of the Day: In re Heckmann Corp. Securities Litigation
The case of the day is In re Heckmann Corp. Securities Litigation (D. Del. 2011). The case was a purported class action on behalf of the common stockholders of Heckmann. The plaintiffs alleged that Xu Hong Bin, the former CEO and President of China Water & Drinks, Inc., had misrepresented the strength of China Water’s…