Rusoro Mining Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, No. 16-cv-02020 (D.D.C. Mar. 1, 2018) [click for opinion] Rusoro, a Canadian company, owned 58 mining concessions and contracts for the exploration and production of gold in Venezuela. At the time of Rusoro’s acquisition of its mining rights (between 2006 and 2008), Venezuela championed the policy of “liberty of export,” with limited conditions required to export gold. By 2009, however, Venezuela enacted a resolution that mandated that…
Transocean Offshore Gulf of Guinea VII Ltd. v. Erin Energy Corp., No. H-17-2623 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 12, 2018)…
Balkan Energy Ltd. v. Republic of Ghana, No. 17-cv-00584 (D.D.C. Mar. 22, 2018) [click for opinion] In 2007,…
Berkowitz v. Republic of Costa Rica, No. 17-148 (D.D.C. Jan. 20 2018) [click for opinion] In the early 1990s, the government of Costa Rica became increasingly concerned that tourist development near the country’s beaches would seriously affect the nesting of leatherback turtles in that area. Costa Rica enacted legislation to establish a marine park, but the measures taken were contradictory, and generated uncertainty regarding the boundaries of the park. In 2003 the Berkowitzes began to…
West African Ventures Limited v. Ranger Offshore, No. 4:17-CV-00548 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 24, 2018) [click for opinion] Plaintiffs,…
Vividus LLC v. Express Scripts, Inc., No. 16-16187 (9th Cir. Dec. 21, 2017) [click for opinion] Petitioners-Appellants Vividus,…
Leidos, Inc. v. Hellenic Republic, No. 17-7082 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 6, 2017) [click for opinion] The case arises from an arbitration award won by Leidos, Inc. against the Hellenic Republic resulting from security work in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. The July 2, 2013 award consisted of €39,818,298 in damages and $162,500 in costs. Leidos promptly petitioned the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to confirm and enforce promptly upon receiving the…
Weirton Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Cmty. Health Sys., No. 5:15-cv-00132 (N.D.W. Va. Dec. 12, 2017) [click for opinion]…
Before bringing an action in a U.S. federal court, a party should examine various considerations. Venue is one…
Meduri Farms, Inc. v. DutchTecSource B.V., No. 3:17-cv-906 (D. Or. Dec. 5, 2017) [click for opinion] Plaintiff Meduri Farms, Inc. (“Meduri”), an Oregon-based dried fruit producer, filed a lawsuit in the circuit court of the state of Oregon against Defendant DutchTecSource B.V. (“DTS”), a Dutch food-processing equipment manufacturer, alleging two claims—breach of the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose and breach of contract. Meduri claimed that it purchased a machine from DTS that…