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Case of the Day: In re Republic of Ecuador
The case of the day is In re Republic of Ecuador (N.D. Fla. 2012). The judge characterized the case as a small part of “an expansive, long-running international dispute,” which is like calling the moon landing a “short, somewhat interesting jaunt for the adventurous.” The Republic of Ecuador, taking a page from Chevron’s playbook, brought……
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Lago Agrio: Judge Kaplan Mostly Denies The Lago Agrio Plaintiffs’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
On November 7 I noted that the Ecuadoran plaintiffs had filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings on Chevron’s claims for fraud. Chevron’s claim is that the Ecuadoran plaintiffs deceived the Ecuadoran court, or in the alternative that the Ecuadoran plaintiffs participated in a deception perpetrated by the Ecuadoran court, and that the deception……
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Updates on Lago Agrio and Argentina
So as not to get too far into the week without some cases of the day, I am going to cover some recent happenings in two of our favorite cases in a single post. First is an update on the hearing on Chevron’s motion to dismiss in Toronto; second, the hearing on the Liberdad case……
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Lago Agrio: Chevron Accuses DiNapoli
I am posting tomorrow’s post today, so there will be no post tomorrow, or on Friday. We’ll be back on Monday! I’m reporting on two developments in the Lago Agrio case today. First, according to La Nacion, Chevron is projecting that its subsidiaries in Argentina would have to cease operations by the end of the……
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Lago Agrio: Insurance Coverage Decision Goes Against Stratus Consulting
Here is an interesting footnote in the Lago Agrio saga. Stratus Consulting, one of the defendants in the RICO case Chevron has brought in New York against Donziger and others, had a dispute with its insurers about whether the insurers had a duty to defend Stratus and two of its employees, Douglas Beltman and Ann……