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Case of the Day: Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman
The case of the day, Republic of Ecuador v. Bjorkman (D. Colo. 2011), is the latest judicial assistance case arising out of the Lago Agrio litigation. In this installment, Ecuador sought issuance of a subpoena to Bjorn Bjorkman, an environmental expert who wrote a report for Chevron for use in the BIT arbitration. All our……
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Case of the Day: Patton Boggs LLP v. Chevron Corp.
The latest installment in our continuing coverage of the Lago Agrio litigation is Patton Boggs LLP v. Chevron Corp. (D.D.C. 2011). Our previous coverage is here. Patton Boggs was counsel to the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. It also owns the Breaux Lott Leadership Group, a lobbying firm named for former U.S. Senators John Breaux and Trent……
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Case of the Day Chevron Corp. v. Salazar
The battle before Judge Kaplan continues in the Lago Agrio case. All our prior coverage is here. Today’s case of the day, Chevron Corp. v. Salazar (S.D.N.Y. 2011), relates to Chevron’s efforts to take the depositions of three of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ Ecuadorian lawyers, Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, Juan Pablo Saenz, and Julio Prieto Mendez,……
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Briefs of the Day: Law Professor Amici Weigh In on the Chevron Injunction
H/T to International Law Grrls and Opinio Juris for their posts on dueling amicus briefs in Chevron Corp. v. Naranjo, the case now on appeal in the Second Circuit, in which Chevron sought and obtained a preliminary injunction barring the Lago Agrio plaintiffs from seeking recognition and enforcement of the multi-billion dollar Ecuadorian judgment against……
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More Dueling in the Lago Agrio Case
The Case of the Day is Chevron Corp. v. Donziger (S.D.N.Y. 2011). This is the action before Judge Kaplan, on which I’ve previously reported. All of my Lago Agrio coverage can be found here. As did Judge Kaplan, I’m assuming basic familiarity with the case. One of Chevron’s counts, Count 9, was for a declaration……