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Case of the Day: In re Application of Rigby
The case of the day is In re Application of Rigby (S.D. Cal. 2013). In 2009, an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed concerning Michael R. Mastro. The bankruptcy judge found that Mastro and his wife had made false representations and had fraudulently transferred assets. He ordered their arrest. In 2012, they were arrested in France,……
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Belfast Project: The Government Opposes the Petition for Certiorari
The government has filed its opposition to the petition of Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre for a writ of certiorari in the Belfast Project case. The brief is, of course, of very high quality, as is almost always the case with briefs by the office of the Solicitor General. Of course, it’s easy for me……
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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Connor
The case of the day is Republic of Ecuador v. Connor (5th Cir. 2013). I love this case. After Chevron initiated the BIT arbitration against Ecuador, Ecuador sought discovery from GSI Environmental and its owner, John A. Connor, under 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Although Chevron had previously argued around the country that the BIT tribunal……
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Case of the Day: In re Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Litigation
The case of the day is In re Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal. 2013). The main multi-district litigation involves antitrust claims against cathode ray tube manufacturers. Sharp Corp., an electronics manufacturer, was a plaintiff in a similar litigation in Korea against Korean CRT manufacturers. Sharp sought leave under 28 USC § 1782 to……
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Case of the Day: In re Mesa Power Group
In today’s case of the day, In re Mesa Power Group LLC (D.N.J. 2012), we return to the case of the day from July 25, 2012. Mesa had commenced a NAFTA arbitration against Canada alleging inequitable treatment by the government of Ontario in the awarding of contracts in the renewable energy field. In today’s case,……