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Swarna v. Al-Awadi

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
In defendants' appeal from interlocutory orders and cross-appeal from a final judgment, granting plaintiff's motion for default judgment based on...

DRFP LLC v. Republica Bolivariana De Venezuela

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law
In an Ohio limited liability company's suit against Venezuela and its Ministry of Finance in the federal district court in Columbus, Ohio, for...

NML Capital v. Repub. of Argentina

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Law, Remedies
In an action to recover principal and interest owed by the Republic of Argentina on certain Floating Rate Accrual Notes, the Second Circuit certified...

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petro. Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action by residents of Nigeria claiming that Dutch, British, and Nigerian corporations engaged in oil exploration and production aided and...

Darling v. Sec'y. Dep't of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, International Law
In a capital habeas matter, petitioner's application for a certificate of appealability to appeal the denial of his petition is denied where: 1) the...

Bennett v. Islamic Repub. of Iran

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In proceedings arising from a deadly bombing in Jerusalem, wherein plaintiffs sought to satisfy a default judgment against the Islamic Republic of...

Ecuadorian Plaintiffs v. Chevron Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law
In an action alleging that defendant-Chevron polluted the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest over the course of several decades while engaging in oil...

Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Military Law
In an action alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), working in concert with other government agencies and officials of foreign...

Allied Maritime, Inc. v. Descatrade SA

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, International Trade
An order vacating the process of maritime attachment and garnishment issued on April 15, 2009 attaching defendant's assets to secure a putative...

Bodum USA, Inc. v. La Cafetiere, Inc.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, International Law
In a suit for common law trade dress of a French-press coffee maker known as the Chambord, district court's judgment in favor of the defendant is...