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Guest Post: Comments on the Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Enforcement Action in Canada
I asked esteemed fellow blogger Antonin I. Pribetic to help me and Letters Blogatory readers get a grip on the Canadian law that will be at issue in the new Ontario case, and I’m delighted he’s agreed. Antonin is a trial and appellate lawyer practicing in Toronto with a focus on international litigation and arbitration.……
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BREAKING: Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Seek Recognition and Enforcement in Canada
I have breaking news to report in the Lago Agrio case. The plaintiffs have brought an action for recognition and enforcement of the judgment in the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario. It looks like Alan Lenczner of Lenczner Slaght will be representing the plaintiffs. I will have more details as they become available, and……
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Case of the Day: Schiff v. Hurwitz
The case of the day is Schiff v. Hurwitz (W.D. Pa. 2012). Schiff was a patient of Dr. Hurwitz, who performed the “BodyTite Procedure” on Schiff. Personally, I would not recommend any medical procedure with a purposely misspelled word in the name, but that’s just me. Schiff used a medical device manufactured by Invasix in……
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Case of the Day: Everplay Installation v. Guindon
The case of the day is Everplay Installation, Inc. v. Guindon (10th Cir. 2012). Rolf Huber and Roger J. Guindon had incorporated Everplay in 1993. The articles of incorporation contained an arbitration agreement. After a dispute arose, Everplay and Huber initiated an arbitration against Guindon, which resulted in a 1998 interim award enjoining Guindon from……
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Major Jurisdictional Decisions In Canada
Canadian lawyers are pretty excited about a series of decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada on personal jurisdiction of foreign defendants and forum non conveniens. H/T to esteemed fellow-bloggers Kenneth Dekker of The Litigator and Antonin Pribetic of The Trial Warrior, who have both posted on the cases. I will leave the real commentary……