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New Lago Agrio Feature: Sleaziest PR Of The Week
Every now and then some piece of PR in the Lago Agrio case strikes me as particularly sleazy. I read it and I feel like taking a shower. I could point to examples from both sides of the case. But this week, the winner is a press release from Hinton Communications about the amicus brief……
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Lago Agrio: Maneuvers In The Second Circuit
Chevron’s amici have started to weigh in in the Second Circuit. Maybe the most interesting, politically, is the brief of Legal Momentum, formerly known as the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. The support from a women’s civil rights group has inspired tweets like this one from Fortune reporter Roger Parloff:
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Lago Agrio: Chevron Files Second Circuit Brief
Chevron has filed its brief in the Second Circuit appeal by Steven Donziger and the Ecuadoran plaintiffs.
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Lago Agrio: Update On The Arbitral Award
As I suggested a few days ago, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs have trumpeted their intention to seek to compel the government of Ecuador to pay the $100+ million arbitral award in favor of Chevron, which is now final, to the LAPs rather than to Chevron. I am still trying to determine what happened to the……
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Case of the Day: In re Naranjo
It never rains but it pours. The case of the day is In re Naranjo (4th Cir. 2014). The case was an appeal by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and one of their lawyers, Letters Blogatory contributor Aaron Marr Page, from discovery orders in separate proceedings brought by Chevron under Section 1782 and under FRCP 45.……