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Event Announcement: Mass Torts in a Shrinking World, Nov. 2
On Friday, November 2, the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Journal of International Law will be hosting its Fall 2012 Symposium, in association with the International Human Rights Advocates and the International Law Organization. The title is “Mass Torts in a Shrinking World.” There will be four panels with some really outstanding participants, including Michael……
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Case of the Day: Gardner v. Letcher
The case of the day is Gardner v. Letcher (D. Nev. 2012). Alfred Letcher sold an Arizona mine to Christopher Gardner in 2008 for $3.6 million. According to Gardner, the parties also signed an agreement at the time that allowed Gardner to rescind the sale contract within a year and in return receive the purchase……
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Lago Agrio: New Ecuadoran Decision
Here, courtesy of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ PR people, is a copy of a new decision by the Provincial Court of Justice in Sucumbios, the Ecuadoran court at the center of the Lago Agrio case. Unfortunately, no translation is yet available as far as I know, so I can’t really comment on the merits. The……
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Breaking: Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Naranjo
Today the Supreme Court denied Chevron’s petition for a writ of certiorari in Chevron v. Naranjo, the case in which the Second Circuit had vacated Judge Kaplan’s preliminary injunction barring efforts at obtaining recognition and enforcement of the Lago Agrio judgment. The Second Circuit’s decision rested on what I think was a questionable basis, namely,……
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Case of the Day: Burgan Express v. Atwood
The case of the day is Burgan Express for General, Trading & Contracting Co. v. Atwood (S.D. Ohio 2012). The plaintiffs were Burgan Express, a Kuwaiti company, and Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas Hajia Khajah, a Kuwaiti national and the owner of Burgan. The defendants were Wolfpack Security Services, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and Mark Anthony Atwood,……