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The Jorge Glas Affair
Jorge Glas is an Ecuadoran electrical engineer who served as vice president in the Correa administration. He stayed in office briefly under Correa’s successor, Lenín Moreno, but he was convicted of accepting millions of dollars in bribes in the Odebrecht scandal. He served years in prison and was later sentenced to many more years in……
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Case of the Day: Voltage Pictures v. Gussi
The case of the day is Voltage Pictures LLC v. Gussi S.A. de C.V. (9th Cir. 2024). Voltage was an LA film production company. Gussi was a Mexican film distributor. The two companies had an agreement for the distribution of Ava in Latin America. Who is Ava, you ask? She is played by Jessica Chastain.……
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Case of the Day: Voltage Pictures v. Gussi
The case of the day is Voltage Pictures, LLC v. Gussi, S.A. de C.V. (C.D. Cal. 2022). Voltage is a film production and distribution company in Los Angeles. Gussi was a Mexican company. The parties had a contract for the distribution of the film “Ava” in Latin America. There was a dispute that resulted in……
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Case of the Day: In re Gonzalez
The Eleventh Circuit dismisses an appeal from a magistrate judge’s decision on a motion to compel on finality grounds. Continue Reading Case of the Day: In re Gonzalez
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Case of the Day: In re Campuzano
The case of the day is In re Campuzano-Treviño (D. Md. 2022). Manuel Campuzano-Treviño, a Mexican national, was the president and CEO of Universidad Tecnológica de México. The University was owned by Laureate Education, Inc., a Delaware company with its offices in Miami, but formerly with offices in Baltimore. Campuzano sued the University and Laureate……