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Chevron in Ecuador: Forum Shopper’s Revenge
September 2, 2014
When Ecuadorean plaintiffs first sued Chevron Corporation over oil pollution 21 years ago, R. Hewitt Pate was a recent U.S. Supreme Court clerk reviewing documents in the warehouses of Virginia. With the passage of time, antitrust document review became the province of humble contract attorneys. Pate ascended to Chevron general counsel. And the Ecuador case kept going, and going, shifting at Chevron's behest from courts in the United States to Ecuador and then back. There was no doubt that Chevron...
September 2, 2014
When Ecuadorean plaintiffs first sued Chevron Corporation over oil pollution 21 years ago, R. Hewitt Pate was a recent U.S. Supreme Court clerk reviewing documents in the warehouses of Virginia. With the passage of time, antitrust document review became the province of humble contract attorneys. Pate ascended to Chevron general counsel. And the Ecuador case kept going, and going, shifting at Chevron's behest from courts in the United States to Ecuador and then back. There was no doubt that Chevron...
Investors Sharpen Focus on Legal Services
September 2, 2014
Avvo plans to expand its domestic presence, take a hard look internationally and broaden its product line. Clio hopes to add to its customer...
September 2, 2014
Avvo plans to expand its domestic presence, take a hard look internationally and broaden its product line. Clio hopes to add to its customer...
Webpage Held Not Self-Authenticating
September 2, 2014
Presentation of Webpages at Trial “There are a lot of ways to present a webpage at trial other than presenting a printed...
September 2, 2014
Presentation of Webpages at Trial “There are a lot of ways to present a webpage at trial other than presenting a printed...
The Most Productive People Know Who to Ignore
September 1, 2014
The key is recognizing that prioritization is necessary but insufficient. The critical next step is triage. Medical staff in a crisis must decide who requires immediate assistance, who can wait, who doesn’t need help at all, and who’s past saving. Triage for the rest of us entails not just focusing on the items that are most important and deferring those that are less important until “later,” but actively ignoring the vast number of items whose importance falls below a certain threshold. The...
September 1, 2014
The key is recognizing that prioritization is necessary but insufficient. The critical next step is triage. Medical staff in a crisis must decide who requires immediate assistance, who can wait, who doesn’t need help at all, and who’s past saving. Triage for the rest of us entails not just focusing on the items that are most important and deferring those that are less important until “later,” but actively ignoring the vast number of items whose importance falls below a certain threshold. The...
Matchmaking Website Connects Plaintiffs to Litigation Funding
September 1, 2014
The old story: You sue, you pay—at least until you win your case. The newer story: You want to sue, you find a litigation...
September 1, 2014
The old story: You sue, you pay—at least until you win your case. The newer story: You want to sue, you find a litigation...
The Dividing Line: Master Agreement v. Statements of Work
September 1, 2014
Given that organizations often enter into several similar commercial agreements over time, corporate counsel often seek efficient means to streamline the drafting and negotiation of these agreements. When a buyer will be purchasing goods or services over time from a seller, a familiar approach is to put in place a master agreement that contains global terms under which individual statements of work (commonly referred to as “SOWs” or, alternatively, as work or service orders) may be executed for specific...
September 1, 2014
Given that organizations often enter into several similar commercial agreements over time, corporate counsel often seek efficient means to streamline the drafting and negotiation of these agreements. When a buyer will be purchasing goods or services over time from a seller, a familiar approach is to put in place a master agreement that contains global terms under which individual statements of work (commonly referred to as “SOWs” or, alternatively, as work or service orders) may be executed for specific...
Eighth Circuit Decision Regarding the Arbitration of Internal Trust Disputes
September 1, 2014
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision in Brown v. Brown-Thill that deals with the arbitration of various...
September 1, 2014
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision in Brown v. Brown-Thill that deals with the arbitration of various...
At the NLRB, Every Day Is Labor Day
September 1, 2014
For many Americans, Labor Day means hanging out by the pool, hitting up some holiday sales, having a barbecue or heading...
September 1, 2014
For many Americans, Labor Day means hanging out by the pool, hitting up some holiday sales, having a barbecue or heading...
Wasserman on Settlement of Future Claims
August 31, 2014
Rhonda Wasserman (University of Pittsburgh - School of Law) has posted Future Claimants and the Quest for Global Peace (Emory Law Journal, Vol. 64, 2014, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In the mass tort context, the defendant typically seeks to resolve all of the claims against it in one fell swoop. But the defendant’s interest in global peace is often unattainable in cases involving future claimants – those individuals who have already been exposed to a toxic material or defective...
August 31, 2014
Rhonda Wasserman (University of Pittsburgh - School of Law) has posted Future Claimants and the Quest for Global Peace (Emory Law Journal, Vol. 64, 2014, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In the mass tort context, the defendant typically seeks to resolve all of the claims against it in one fell swoop. But the defendant’s interest in global peace is often unattainable in cases involving future claimants – those individuals who have already been exposed to a toxic material or defective...
Labor Law Roundup
August 31, 2014
Some recent news and stories of interest: The Nation reports on attempts by workers of a major packing company to highlight...
August 31, 2014
Some recent news and stories of interest: The Nation reports on attempts by workers of a major packing company to highlight...
