Case of the Day: Sanchez v. Metro Builders Corp.
The case of the day is Sanchez v. Metro Builders Corp. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2012). Juan Sanchez was injured when working on a construction site in Poughkeepsie, New York. He…
The case of the day is Sanchez v. Metro Builders Corp. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2012). Juan Sanchez was injured when working on a construction site in Poughkeepsie, New York. He…
In May 2012, I noted that a Dutch court had refused to vacate a $96 million arbitral award Chevron had obtained against Ecuador on its 2006 claims that Ecuador violated…
Letters Blogatory readers may be interested in two new blogs I recently discovered. First is the International Technology Law Blog, written by Chris Neumeyer of Asia Law, a Taipei law…
Antonin I. Pribetic is the author of The Trial Warrior Blog. My thanks to Ted Folkman here at Letters Blogatory for inviting me to guest blog as the Canadian correspondent…
The Lago Agrio case has taken an interesting new turn. Steven Donziger, the crusading lawyer who has represented the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, whom Chevron is suing under the RICO Act,…
The case of the day is In re Application of Mesa Power Group, LLC (S.D. Fla. 2012). Mesa had commenced a NAFTA arbitration against Canada alleging inequitable treatment by the…
The case of the day is Brown v. China Integrated Energy, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2012). The case was a class action for securities fraud against China Integrated Energy and Xincheng…
I previously opined that Moloney & McIntyre's next move was likely to be a petition for a rehearing en banc, and M&M have confirmed my prediction, though they have not…
After the Second Circuit vacated Judge Kaplan's preliminary injunction (which, recall, had enjoined the Lago Agrio plaintiffs from seeking to enforce the Ecuadoran judgment against Chevron anywhere in the world),…
The case of the day is Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. v. Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (2d Cir. 2012). We first saw the case in my post of…