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A First Look at the Donziger Decision
Many readers will already have read about Judge Kaplan’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, which found that Steven Donziger and the Lago Agrio plaintiffs violated the RICO statute and enjoined them from benefiting from the Ecuadoran judgment or from seeking recognition of it in the United States. Yesterday was quite clearly a big……
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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. MacKay
The case of the day is Republic of Ecuador v. MacKay (9th Cir. 2014). I am not going to write much about this case, because it is essentially the same as Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman (10th Cir. 2013) and Republic of Ecuador v. Hinchee (11th Cir. 2013). In all three § 1782 cases, the……
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Lago Agrio: More Details On Lobbying and Trade Pressure
The wheels of the FOIA office at the State Department turn slowly, but they do turn. I recently received the latest batch of documents, these from the Office of the Legal Adviser. These new documents, which relate to my Freedom of Information Act case against the State Department seeking information about lobbying relating to the……
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Case of the Day: NYKCool v. Pacific International Services
The case of the day is NYKCool A.B. v. Pacific International Services, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). In 2011, the Court confirmed an $8.7 million dollar award in favor of NYKCool against Pacific Fruit, a company that markets and imports Bonita brand bananas in the United States. Before NYKCool could enforce the judgment, Pacific Fruit transferred all……
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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Hinchee
The case of the day is Republic of Ecuador v. Hinchee (11th Cir. 2013). I covered the case in the district court back in December 2012. You may want to read this post in conjunction with my post on Ecuador v. Bjorkman, a similar case in the Tenth Circuit. As in Bjorkman, the main question……