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My State Deparment FOIA Case Comes To An End
Readers, my FOIA case against the State Department has reached its conclusion. The Department has finished producing what it has to produce and has provided a log showing what it has refused to produce and why. Once could challenge its refusals on various grounds, but I think that by and large I did what I……
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Lago Agrio: Donziger’s Reply Brief
Day two of this week’s Lago Agrio coverage: Steven Donziger has filed his reply brief in the Second Circuit RICO case. I’m not sure why the due date for this brief was later than the due date than the LAP reply brief—I haven’t studied the case calendar. But in any event, it’s another strong brief……
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Lago Agrio: Chevron Seeks Discovery From MCSquared
Update: I’ve made a minor correction in light of Mark Kantor’s helpful comment, printed below. Remember MCSquared, the Republic of Ecuador’s US PR firm, which hired “ethically diverse” actors to protest at a Chevron meeting, and which initially failed to register as Ecuador’s agent under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. The MCSquared story was good……
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Sleaziest PR of the Week: Episode Two
Readers, a while ago I took the LAPs to task for what I thought was an unwarranted attack on the NOW Legal Defense Fund. This time, it is Chevron’s turn. Here is a recent tweet from James Craig, one of Chevron’s communications people: https://twitter.com/jbcraig/status/539477187733094400 The link is to a blog post by Roberto Aguilar, in……
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Lago Agrio: Ecuador’s Latest Brief In The BIT Arbitration
A few weeks ago, Ecuador filed its Track 2 Supplemental Counter-Memorial in the BIT arbitration against Chevron. The brief covers some interesting ground. I want to draw attention to two points in particular.