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Update: Lago Agrio Plaintiffs’ Press Conference
I listened in today on a press briefing the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ PR team organized to discuss the state of their efforts to obtain recognition and enforcement of the Ecuadoran judgment. The briefing was expressly timed to come shortly before the beginning of Chevron’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 29. (Psst…Chevron…expect protesters!) We heard……
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Lago Agrio: A First Look At The Ontario Decision In Yaiguaje
As I reported yesterday, the Superior Court in Ontario has stayed the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ case for recognition and enforcement of their Ecuadoran judgment against Chevron and one of its Canadian indirect subsidiaries. In today’s post, I give a non-technical, “big picture” reading of the decision, leaving the technical discussion to the Canadian lawyers who……
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BREAKING: Ontario Judge Stays Ecuadoran Plaintiffs’ Recognition and Enforcement Action Against Chevron
Update: Here is the decision. I’ll have more tomorrow morning! This just in from Jeff Gray of the Globe and Mail: Ontario judge stays move by plaintiffs to collect on Ecuadorean $19B pollution judgment against Chevron. #Chevron #law Story coming soon. — Jeff Gray (@jeffreybgray) May 1, 2013 More to come as soon as it’s……
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Case of the Day: Khan Resources v. Atomredmetzoloto
We return today to Khan Resources Inc. v. Atomredmetzoloto JSC, the case of the day from March 23, 2012. Thanks to IJA Brigade member Antonin Pribetić for bringing the case again to my attention! Here was my summary of the case from the prior post: Khan Resources, Inc. and some affiliates entered into a joint……
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Case of the Day: Shoham v. Islamic Republic of Iran
The case of the day is Shoham v. Islamic Republic of Iran (D.D.C. 2013). Batsheva Shoham alleged that while she was driving in the West Bank with her infant son, she was ambushed by members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a terrorist group. One of the terrorists threw a stone that struck her son, killing……