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Case of the Day: In re Broadsheet LLC
The case of the day is In re Broadsheet LLC (D. Colo. 2011). Broadsheet had a contract with the National Accountability Bureau of the government of Pakistan. The contract gave Broadsheet, an Isle of Man company, the exclusive right to “recover assets misappropriated by Pakistani government officials”, presumably with some sort of revenue sharing between……
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Forthcoming Publication
My colleague David Evans and I have written a chapter on Conflict of Laws and Choice of Law in International IP arbitration, which is to be published in Arbitration of International Intellectual Property Disputes (Thomas Halket, ed.), to be published by Juris in December 2011. I’ve included a link to the publisher’s site on the……
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Case of the Day: In re Application of the Republic of Ecuador
Today’s case of the day, In re Application of the Republic of Ecuador (N.D. Cal. 2011), is a request for judicial assistance by Ecuador seeking to obtain discovery from one of the experts whose reports Chevron offered in the Lago Agrio litigation and in the BIT arbitration. Our previous coverage of all things Lago Agrio……
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Case of the Day: Tricon Energy, Ltd. v. Vinmar International Ltd.
The case of the day is Tricon Energy Ltd. v. Vinmar International, Ltd. (S.D. Tex. 2011). Vinmar and Tricon were both US companies in the aromatics industry. Vinmar had contracted to purchase 5,000 metric tons of mixed xylene from Tricon for delivery in Asia. Tricon accused Vinmar of breaching the contract and demanded arbitration. The……
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Case of the Day: Kudu Co. v. Latimer
The case of the day is Kudu Co. v. Latimer (E.D. Tex. 2011). Kudu sued for confirmation of a Thai arbitral award against Latimer. Latimer first moved to dismiss on the grounds that he had not been served with process. The dispute centered on whether Latimer actually resided at the Texas address where he was……