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Case of the Day: Broidy Capital Management v. Benomar
Today’s case of the day, Broidy Capital Management LLC v. Benomar (2d Cir. 2019), is at the intersection of cloak-and-dagger intrigue, international law, and the Trump era. Elliott Broidy was the deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee. He alleged that the State of Qatar and its agents had hacked his computers, stolen trade……
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Case of the Day: DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration
The case of the day is DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration S.A. (5th Cir. 2019). I covered a prior Fifth Circuit decision back in 2015, and an even earlier district court decision in 2014. John Paul DeJoria,the billionaire behind the Paul Mitchell hair care line, went into the oil exploration business, hoping to discover reserves……
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Case of the Day: DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration
The case of the day is DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A. (5th Cir. 2015). This is the appeal of the case of the day from September 4, 2014. I won’t repeat the facts from the prior post: the question in the case was whether a Moroccan judgment should be recognized, and in particular whether……
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Case of the Day: Rana v. Islam
The case of the day is Rana v. Islam (S.D.N.Y. 2015). Mashud Rana alleged that the defendant, Monirul Islam, Bangladesh’s former consul general in New York, and his wife, Fahima Tahsina Prova, had lured him to the United States to work as a domestic servant with false promises and then mistreated him. We’ve seen similar……
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Case of the Day: DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration
The case of the day is DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration S.A. (W.D. Tex. 2014). John Paul DeJoria and Maghreb Petroleum Exploration were partners in a Moroccan oil venture. In 2002, MPE sued DeJoria in Morocco, alleging that DeJoria had fraudulently misrepresented the value of his business in order to induce MPE to invest in……