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Paper of the Day: Pribetić on “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Canada”
Today’s paper of the day, by friend of Letters Blogatory Antonin Pribetić, of Himelfarb Proszanski and the The Trial Warrior blog, will be of interest to Letters Blogatory readers, and especially to those following the twists and turns of the Lago Agrio case. It’s titled Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Canada, and it’s……
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Some Interesting Papers
I want to draw readers’ attention to a few recent papers of interest. First, John F. Coyle, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, has published Friendship Treaties ≠ Judgments Treaties, 112 Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions 49 (2013). From the introduction: It is hornbook law that the United……
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Case of the Day: Daguerre v. Rabizadeh
The case of the day is Daguerre S.A.R.L. v. Rabizadeh (N.Y. App. Div. 2013). Daguerre is a French auction house. It alleged that the defendant, Albert Rabizadeh, was the winning bidder at a 2007 auction in Paris for four antique Russian drinking cups. Daguerre sued for the purchase price in the Superior Court of Paris……
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Case of the Day: Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corp.
The case of the day is Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corp., 2013 ONCA 758. This is the appeal of the Ontario Superior Court’s decision staying the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ action for recognition and enforcement of the Ecuadoran judgment, which we covered in May 2013. Antonin Pribetić has early reaction to the new decision at The Trial……
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Case of the Day: Derr v. Swarek
The case of the day is Derr v. Swarek (S.D. Miss. 2013). Hermann P. Derr was the owner of Derr Plantation, Inc., a Mississippi corporation. The claim was that in 2005, Derr Plantation had made a contract with Thomas L. Swarek and Thomas A. Swarek for the lease and purchase of a farm Derr Plantation……