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Case of the Day: PetroChina v. BCI
BCI challenged PetroChina on service of process in a dispute over force majeure in a contract for the sale of petroleum during COVID-19. Continue Reading Case of the Day: PetroChina v. BCI
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Case of the Day: Moskovits v. Brazil
A pro se plaintiff wins reconsideration of a jurisdictional dismissal in an FSIA case Continue Reading Case of the Day: Moskovits v. Brazil
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Case of the Day: EGI-VSR v. Coderch
The case of the day is EGI-VSR, LLC v. Coderch (11th Cir. 2020). EGI-VSR had a $28 million arbitral award against Juan Carlos Celestino Coderch Mitjans, who lived in Brazil. EGI-VSR sought confirmation in Miami, and the court confirmed the award. On appeal, Coderch argued that he had not properly been served with process in……
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Case of the Day: EGI-VSR v. Coderch
The case of the day is EGI-VSR, LLC v. Coderch (11th Cir. 2020). EGI and Juan Carlos Celestino Coderch Mitjans were parties to an arbitration in Chile that resulted in an award granting specific performance of a stock purchase agreement to EGI, which had sought to sell its shares in a Chilean wine company, Viña……
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The Carta Arbitral
I was at a talk last week at which I heard about a new procedural mechanism in Brazil that I hadn’t heard of before: the carta arbitral (the “arbitral letter”). The purpose of the arbitral letter is to give the tribunal a means of requesting assistance from a court in carrying out its orders (for……