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Case of the Day: Sanchez v. Metro Builders Corp.
The case of the day is Sanchez v. Metro Builders Corp. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2012). Juan Sanchez was injured when working on a construction site in Poughkeepsie, New York. He testified that he had no memory of the circumstances of the accident. His uncle, Franklin Lituma, was an eyewitness to the accident and his testimony……
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Chevron Seeks Confirmation of its Arbitral Award Against Ecuador
In May 2012, I noted that a Dutch court had refused to vacate a $96 million arbitral award Chevron had obtained against Ecuador on its 2006 claims that Ecuador violated the US/Ecuador BIT. Now Chevron has moved to confirm the award in the District of Columbia. Aside from the fact of the complaint, there is……
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Update on Chevron’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
As I noted in a previous post, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs had pleaded—or at least it seemed they had pleaded—res judicata as an affirmative defense to Chevron’s RICO claims, arguing that the Ecuadoran judgment should have preclusive effect and should bar relitigation of Chevron’s claims of fraud. When Chevron sought partial summary judgment on the……
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Chevron Puts Trade Pressure on Ecuador
Chevron has renewed its effort to put economic pressure on Ecuador to carry out the order of the BIT tribunal requiring Ecuador to suspend operation of the Lago Agrio judgment. To understand the latest moves, a little background is in order. In 1991, the Andean Trade Preference Act became law.The purpose of the ATPA was……
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The Lago Agrio Case in Brazil: Why?
Rafael Salomão Romano is a fourth-year law student at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janiero. He has been an International Judicial Assistance scholar since 2010, working under Prof. Dr. Daniela Trejos Vargas. He is also an intern in the law department at the Globo Organization, Brazil’s largest media corporation. Ecuadorians are currently seeking……