Case of the Day: McCarty v. Roos
The case of the day is McCarty v. Roos (D. Nev. 2012). It's a bit off the beaten path. Robert Joseph McCarty was convicted of "quasi indecent assault" in Japan…
The case of the day is McCarty v. Roos (D. Nev. 2012). It's a bit off the beaten path. Robert Joseph McCarty was convicted of "quasi indecent assault" in Japan…
The case of the day is Jenner v. Ecoplus, Inc. (N.C. Ct. App. 2012). Matthew Jenner and Julia Markson, both UK nationals, lent money to Ecoplus, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation…
As I hope all readers know, I have a very strict privacy policy, and I don't use Google Analytics, Twitter share buttons, or any other tools that would allow Big…
As a Christmas treat, I am pleased to be able to reprint, with the author's kind permission, IJA member Jie Huang's new paper, "Legal Battles over Underwater Shipwrecks in the…
As I did last year, I am closing out 2012 with a couple of "year in review" posts. This gives me a chance to look back and see if I…
At least four amici have filed briefs in support of Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre's petition for a writ of certiorari in the Belfast Project case. Here they are, without…
The Lago Agrio plaintiffs and Steven Donziger were on the hot seat on Tuesday, but today it's Chevron's turn. One of Chevron's shareholders is Trillium Asset Management. Trillium has been…
Today Letters Blogatory wades further into the Lago Agrio mire than usual. The question is one I raised back in April, when Doug Cassel's open letter was still the hot…
I had a call some time ago from an investor who owned defaulted sovereign bonds. He had a final judgment from a US district court against the issuer, and he…
In today's case of the day, In re Mesa Power Group LLC (D.N.J. 2012), we return to the case of the day from July 25, 2012. Mesa had commenced a…