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Kristen Stewart has never had a problem getting close with her costars. She's been romantically linked with Twilight's Robert Pattinson, is great pals with Taylor Launter and has formed a bond with Dakota Fanning, who stars in The Runaways with her.
"Working this closely with someone, you can't help but really become bonded with them and it really helps when you actually like them and can become really good friends," Stewart said Wednesday during a press day for the movie about the '70s all-girl's band in which Stewart plays rocker Joan Jett and Fanning, singer Cherie Currie.
"I haven't really done a lot of movies with people close to my own age to have a good friend like that," she said. "So I was excited, and I couldn't have asked for a better person to do it with."
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Originally posted 02/25/2010 05:55PM
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Dancing With the Stars Season 14 Week 3 Sneak Peek: Personal Story Week
It's here! Story Week is back, making the 11 remaining couples of Dancing With the Stars Season 14 dance to their most memorable year.
The Week 3 theme has become a fan favorite since it helps the audience really get to know the stars. But it can be tricky, too, since the most dramatic/emotional stories tend to get the best reaction from the judges and folks at home. Remember last season when Kristin Cavallari danced a really good Samba … and no one cared because her most memorable year wasn't memorable? Maybe it was so not memorable that you don't even remember? She got sent home for it. Will that happen again this season? The couples talked to On the Red Carpet about their plans.
Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd, Rumba
"It's a Story Week, so I really think it's just going to be about touching the audience and touching the judges," Peta said, probably not meaning it literally, so don't get your hopes up, Len Goodman. "Portraying it, acting it out properly and conveying the story."
Donald won't reveal his story right now. "It's emotional," he said. "It's going to be heart-wrenching," Peta said. He promised to reveal more through the week. He also promised Peta they aren't going to go home second.
Watch the whole interview here.
Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas, Slow Waltz
"I can't tell you the story," Mark says. "I'll get in trouble!"
Does Katherine want us to see a story that's romantic, dramatic, comedic or emotional? She turns to Mark. "I'd say it's just something that everyone can relate to," Mark answers. "It's definitely something that everyone goes through at some stage in their lives. I think it's something that's moving and I think it's something that sparks good memories. It's going to be nice. Memorable."
Katherine said she's been looking forward to this week. "I really hoped that I could get to the third week 'cause I really, really wanted to do this next dance because it is a story close to my heart. I would love — I can't wait to get in there and start doing it." Sounds like it's going to be good.
By the way, their new team name is Welsh Wiggler. Change your hashtags!
Watch the interview below.
William Levy & Cheryl Burke, Salsa
William grew up listening to Salsa music in Cuba and if he could do any dance at all, he'd pick the Salsa. So lucky for him ...
"Next week is the Salsa," Cheryl said. "It is his favorite dance that he wants to do, so that's going to help to be able to go into the studio and create the choreography and come out here and hopefully perform our best."
How will William wow us on Monday night? "Just having fun," he said. "If I enjoy what I'm doing I believe people are going to enjoy it and that's the main thing here, you know?"
Plus, it's the Salsa, which is another hip-shaking Latin dance. "It can be sexy, yes," Cheryl said, laughing. Shirt on or off? We'll have to see.
Watch the whole interview here.
Maria Menounos & Derek Hough, Rumba
As Derek noted, "Next week's Rumba, the dance of love. So I'm going to bust out 'the love hand.'" He illustrates "the love hand" with a gentle caress of Maria's face. "This one's gonna get interesting," Maria said.
To compete with William Levy and his screaming fan base, they joke that they're going to have to take off all their clothes and get "inappropriate."
Watch the video below.
Gladys Knight & Tristan MacManus, Foxtrot (?)
By Tuesday night they still weren't sure about their dance. At that moment it was a Foxtrot but it could change the next morning. "Because I want it to be right," Tristan said. "And Gladys is lucky enough to have so many memorable years that daily it changes."
Watch the whole interview here.
Jack Wagner & Anna Trebunskaya, Samba
How are they going to wow the audience on Monday? "Well, I think we did pretty good this week and we'll just keep [wowing] again and again and again," Anna said.
They're "bringing the sexy," she said, with the Samba. They were almost ready for their Samba with their bright Jive costumes. "It was aqua last week, orange this week," Jack said. "And I just looked and her and went 'What color'? What am I going with next week? Just put it on me.'"
Watch the whole interview here.
Jaleel White & Kym Johnson, Rumba
Kym wasn't there for the video, since she was changing, so Jaleel did the video solo ... until Donald Driver showed up to help as moral support.
What's Jaleel going to do next week? "The dance that we're doing for the third week is the Rumba, it's the dance of love. I'm pretty confident that Kym and I are going to be able to stir up that passion, I really am, but at the same time we're both precision people. So I got to get the steps down. It's almost kind of like knowing your dialogue. You can't even begin to act until you know your dialogue."
Watch the whole interview here.
Sherri Shepherd & Val Chmerkovskiy, Rumba
What are they going to show on Monday? "I think we're going to show a huge contrast between this week and next week," Val said. "It's a very personal story to Sherri, very powerful and I'm going to try and translate that into choreography and hopefully the audience is going to appreciate it. But it's going to be a different Sherri. It's not going to be shaking and [raises hands]."
Sherri is glad to be showing another side of herself. "That's what this show is about and why I've been such a fan of Dancing with the Stars," she said. "It's not all one type of genre. People when they stay on, they get to show so many different sides of who they are. Kirstie Alley got to do it, Ricki Lake got to do it and I hope to be able to do it as well." She turns to Val. "I sound like one of those beauty pageant contestants, don't I?"
Watch the interview below.
Melissa Gilbert & Maksim Chmerkovskiy, ?
Mel and Maks are keeping their dance a mystery, for now. She has a lot of life experience to choose from for the most memorable year theme. How is she going to pick one moment?
"It's a very difficult decision to make," Melissa said. "That's why it's an ongoing discussion, because there have been some monumental events in my life. Births, divorce, marriage, death. ... Successes, just blessings beyond measure. So trying to find one, it seems unfair to the rest of the moments."
She started acting when she was 2 and Maks joked that they have 100 years to go through. Watch to the end of the video to see her do a cute little ho-down prairie dance.
Watch the whole interview here.
Roshon Fegan & Chelsie Hightower, ?
They don't mention their dance style, just that it's going to be "fun" to show another side of Roshon. When it comes to life experience, Roshon has the least amount, making this next week either very easy or very difficult.
"It's going to be actually in the middle somewhere," Roshon said. "I feel like we're going to have a great story. I feel like our dance next is really going to take us to the next level because we are now super motivated to not be under a giant red light again. ... And now I get to tell a most memorable story in the next dance. I have a lot of stories, so this is going to give me a chance to really express myself and show the world what I'm about and stuff."
Chelsie compares Roshon to an onion with different layers to peel back. "This Monday is going to be a side of him that people are going to be impressed with, I think."
Watch the whole interview here.
Gavin DeGraw & Karina Smirnoff, ?
They don't talk about their dance style in the video, but they do talk a lot about using it to connect with the audience on a deeper level.
"We now know he has great sense of humor and he has great attitude," Karina said, "but I think after the show on Monday people are going to see a deeper side of him that they didn't see yet."
Gavin said that's a little scary. "I didn't know that she took my reciting of 'Clifford the Big Red Dog' so seriously!" On a more serious note, Gavin likes the idea of people connecting with him more. "I think it's really important. I think one of the reasons that everybody joins a show like this is because they're hoping that they'll be able to connect with their own audiences in a different type of way than they've ever done before. There's certainly a level of exposure that you're hoping for in the best possible way as far as connecting personally is concerned. And you can really only do that with something like this that helps you build a great story of making yourself vulnerable to try something new."
He goes on and mentions something about leaving his microphone on all day, which is a bit odd. Karina definitely doesn't give him the adoring gazes she gave J.R. Martinez and Ralph Macchio. Not saying these two don't get along, but she's giving a different vibe.
Watch the whole interview here.
Catch the next new episode of DWTS on Monday, April 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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First Look Photos From the Set of Jennifer Aniston's New Movie
Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis were caught in a fun moment in recently released photos from the set of their new film, "We're the Millers."
The film is currently shooting on-location in Wilmington, North Carolina, and revolves around a marijuana dealer who puts together a fake family so he can smuggle a huge amount of weed from Mexico to the U.S. The usually sexy Aniston takes on a much more toned down look for the role. Emma Roberts, who just wrapped up playing Nancy Michaelidis in the upcoming "Empire State," stars as the fake daughter in the plot.
This is the third time Aniston and Sudeikis have paired up on-screen together; the first was for "The Bounty Hunter" in 2010, and then "Horrible Bosses" in 2011.
"We're the Millers" is being directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and is scheduled for a 2013 theatrical release.
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Hussam Khoshnevis, a high-ranking Iranian official is seen in this picture. (Photo: Courtesy of the Iranian Embassy in Lebanon)
The death earlier this week of a senior Iranian official in Syria has given rise to a flood of speculation and rumor, due mainly to Tehran's refusal to practice a minimum level of transparency.
Such a policy might not be surprising, but ambiguity isn't always constructive, as some politicians are fond of believing.
The first place to start is the man's name. In Iran, high-ranking officials attended the funeral of Hasan Shateri, while in Lebanon, people visited the Iranian Embassy to offer their condolences for the man known locally as Hussam Khoshnevis.
Shateri was eulogized in Iran as a long-time member of the Revolutionary Guards, while in Lebanon, the embassy referred to Khoshnevis as an engineer heading reconstruction activities in south Lebanon.
Officials from the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah have been equally reticent in discussing exactly how Khoshnevis was killed, and the apparent fact that he met his end in Syria has only fueled the fire of speculation.
One account maintains that he was killed in Homs, with further speculation centered on the notion that he was overseeing an effort to anticipate Syria's reconstruction. Or, as some are maintaining, Khoshnevis was busy studying the possibility of establishing an Alawite mini-state on the coast, and specifically, examining the infrastructure and related needs of such an entity, should it come to pass.
Other tales maintain that he had been in Aleppo – again, apparently straying beyond his official brief as the person responsible for reconstruction activities in southern Lebanon.
While the Iranian authorities have said that he was killed on his way from Damascus to Beirut, the terse statements that have been released do little to calm the rumor mill.
All of the rampant speculation comes from the method that Iran and its allies employ in such circumstances, namely releasing as little information as possible. This is why some speculate that, because a representative of Iran's supreme leader and a top Revolutionary Guards commander were at the funeral, Khoshnevis' death was somehow related to domestic rivalries in Iran. Others are maintaining that the Israelis did it, while the blanket condemnation of Syria's rebels as "Zionist agents" further confuses the picture.
The only clear thing is that none of this benefits Tehran and its allies. While they might not be concerned about their credibility, and convinced that such matters involve national security and should remain secret, there are repercussions. The lack of transparency gives way to rumor-mongering, and some people who are inclined to give Tehran the benefit of the doubt might see the incident as a case of unjustified ambiguity. Was the man killed by Syrian rebels, and were they aware of the identity of their target? What exactly was he doing in Syria? Despite the confidence in playing things close to the vest, there are times when the tactic is truly counterproductive.
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Case Study: A smart PhD choice
Sometimes a PhD really can help you save the world. The real-world relevance of James Cox's PhD in epidemiology and modelling at the University of Cambridge is what makes his research so fundable. But it is the fact that Cox's work straddles many disciplines that impresses employers.
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When Binita Chamling started her undergraduate degree in biotechnology at Bangalore University in India, job prospects were the last thing on her mind. "Most of my science-oriented friends went for medical subjects which have the best job prospects, but I loved biology and wanted to stick closer to basic science," she says.
It wasn't until the end of the course that Chamling found that her employment opportunities weren't fantastic. To enhance her appeal to employers in the biotech industry, Chamling opted for a master's in biotechnology and enterprise. Alongside advanced scientific training, the course offered modules in enterprise and business, knowledge transfer, intellectual property and commercialisation – all taught through the lens of the biotech industry. "We would, for example, write business plans for real spin-out companies from the university," she says.
The experience impressed industry employers – Chamling was recruited straight from her course and now works in business development for imaging company FFEI, which manufactures digital scanners among other products. On the side, she also does some freelance consultancy for the organic food industry. "I am applying everything I learned on the master's course in my current job, and the good thing is that you can use the business skills in any field," she says.
Three years on, Chamling knows from experience how an industry-relevant master's can boost a scientist's career. "As an undergraduate I only knew science; the master's course helped me understand how the industry functions as a whole," she says.
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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has descended heavily on the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Johnson Aseidu Nketia, known in political circles as General Mosquito, for attempting to 'denigrate' the founder of the party and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings.
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LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Facts ......................................................................................236 The Complaint ..............................................................................236 Proceedings to Date ........................................................................237 Discussion .................................................................................238 I. Legal Standard for Rule 12(b)(6) Motion ...........................................238 II. RICO — Section 1962(c) ...........................................................238 A. Alleged Extraterritorial Application ..........................................239 1. Chevron's Allegations and the Norex Decision ..............................240 2. Answering the Extraterritoriality Question ................................241 a. Emphasis on the Enterprise ............................................241 b. Emphasis on the Alleged Racketeering Activity .........................243 3. Application to this Case ..................................................245 B. Sufficiency of Pattern Allegation — The Single Scheme Argument ...............246 C. Sufficiency of Predicate Act Allegations ......................................247 1. Extortion .................................................................247 2. Mail and Wire Fraud .......................................................249 3. Money Laundering ..........................................................251 4. Obstruction of Justice and Witness Tampering ..............................251 D. Causation .....................................................................252 III. RICO Conspiracy — Section 1962(d) ................................................254 IV. Common Law Fraud ..................................................................254 A. Chevron's Allegations .........................................................254 B. Reliance ......................................................................255 1. First-Party Reliance .....255 2. Third-Party Reliance .....256 V. Tortious Interference with Contract ...............................................257 VI. Trespass to Chattels ..............................................................258 VII. Unjust Enrichment .................................................................259 VIII. New York Judiciary Law § 487 ......................................................260 IX. Civil Conspiracy ..................................................................262 Conclusion .................................................................................262
Last year, an Ecuadorian trial court entered a multibillion dollar judgment ("the Judgment")
The Complaint
The amended complaint in this case contains more than 432 paragraphs of allegations, supplemented by a 56-page, single-spaced appendix that sets forth specific details amplifying assertions in the body of the pleading. For purposes of this motion to dismiss, they all are assumed to be true, and the plaintiff is entitled to the benefit of all inferences reasonably drawn from them.
In most instances, a decision ruling on a motion to dismiss would begin with a summary of the allegations of the complaint. In this case, however, that is unnecessary to the disposition of this motion, as most of Chevron's factual allegations are set forth in the Court's findings with respect to an earlier motion for a preliminary injunction.
Although there is more to the case, Chevron's claims include assertions that Steven Donziger, a New York lawyer, and others based in the United States, here conceived, substantially executed, largely funded, and significantly directed a scheme to extort and defraud Chevron, a U.S. company, by, among other things, (1) bringing a baseless lawsuit in Ecuador; (2) fabricating (principally in the United States) evidence for use in that lawsuit in order to obtain an unwarranted judgment there; (3) exerting pressure on Chevron to coerce it to pay money not only by means of the Ecuadorian litigation and Judgment, but also by subjecting Chevron to public attacks in the United States and elsewhere based on false and misleading statements, (4) inducing U.S. public officials to investigate Chevron on the basis of false claims,
The amended complaint contains nine causes of action:
Counts 1 and 2 assert substantive and conspiracy claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"). The details of their allegations are described extensively below. Broadly speaking, however, they allege that the Donziger Defendants, the Stratus Defendants, some of the other defendants (but not the LAPs),
Counts 3 through 5 assert claims against all defendants for fraud, tortious interference with contract, and trespass to chattels relating to the allegedly unlawful scheme described above.
Count 6 asserts claims against all defendants for unjust enrichment on the ground that defendants have been and will be enriched as a result of the Judgment.
Count 7 asserts a state law claim for civil conspiracy against all defendants, alleging that they conspired to commit the substantive state law violations.
Count 8 asserts that the Donziger Defendants violated Section 487 of the New York Judiciary Law.
Count 9 sought a declaration that the Judgment was unenforceable and unrecognizable "on, among others, grounds of fraud, failure [by Ecuador] to afford procedures compatible with due process, lack of impartial [Ecuadorian] tribunals, lack of personal jurisdiction, [and] contravention of public policy."
Proceedings to Date
In March 2011, this Court preliminarily enjoined the LAPs and others from, among other things, seeking enforcement or recognition of the Judgment outside Ecuador.
The prayer for declaratory relief, the Circuit held, was of no avail because, in its view, a declaration of the enforceability or recognizability of the Judgment could not be had because the Recognition Act (1) "does not authorize a court to declare a foreign judgment null and void for all purposes in all countries,"
Accordingly, Counts 1 through 8 remain and were unaffected by the appellate decision. They are the only claims relevant to the Donziger Defendants' motion to dismiss.
I. Legal Standard for Rule 12(b)(6) Motion
In resolving a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, the Court accepts as true the factual allegations set forth in the complaint and draws all reasonable inferences in the plaintiff's favor.
II. RICO — Section 1962(c)
Chevron brings its substantive RICO claim under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), which makes it unlawful "for any person employed by or associated with any enterprise
The Donziger Defendants assert that the RICO claim should be dismissed because (1) it would require an impermissible attempt to apply the statute extraterritorially, and Chevron (2) fails to allege a pattern of racketeering activity, (3) does not sufficiently plead predicate acts, and (4) fails to allege that its injuries were caused by the predicate acts.
A. Alleged Extraterritorial Application
The extraterritoriality argument stems from Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.,
It first referred to the principle that U.S. legislation presumptively has no extraterritorial application in the absence of Congressional intent that it be so applied, and concluded that the presumption against extraterritorial effect had not been rebutted because the Exchange Act is silent as to extraterritorial effect.
It then passed to the issue whether the plaintiffs' proposed application of the statute on the facts before it would have been extraterritorial. It reasoned that the "focus" of Section 10(b) was to afford a remedy for deceptive conduct "in connection with the sale of any security registered on a [U.S.] national securities exchange or any security not so registered" and ultimately held that "only transactions in securities listed on domestic exchanges, and domestic transactions in other securities" are actionable under the statute.
Morrison thus requires consideration of two questions: whether the presumption against extraterritorial application applies to RICO and, if it does, whether applying RICO to all or part of Chevron's claim in fact would be extraterritorial.
The first requires no extensive analysis. The Second Circuit has held that RICO, like the Exchange Act, is silent as to extraterritorial application and, in consequence, that the presumption against extraterritorial application governs in RICO cases.
1. Chevron's Allegations and the Norex Decision
This of course is not a "foreign cubed" case. The RICO claims at issue here rest on allegations that Steven Donziger, a New York lawyer, and others based in the United States, here conceived, substantially executed, largely funded, and significantly directed
The Donziger Defendants contend that the extraterritorial question is answered, favorably to them, by Norex Petroleum Ltd. v. Access Industries, Inc.
In Norex, a Canadian plaintiff alleged that the defendants had engaged in a racketeering
The allegations of the amended complaint here are entirely different. Unlike the Norex complaint, the scheme alleged here was conceived and orchestrated in the United States to injure a U.S. plaintiff, involved a predominately U.S. enterprise, and was carried out in material respects, though by no means entirely, here. Norex therefore does not control. Indeed, as the Circuit in Norex found it unnecessary to articulate an approach to deciding whether application of RICO in a given situation is extraterritorial, beyond drawing a conclusion with respect to the particular complaint before it, that case sheds no light on the pivotal question before this Court.
2. Answering the Extraterritoriality Question
The few other cases that, since Morrison, have addressed the question whether given applications of RICO would be extraterritorial have taken different approaches.
a. Emphasis on the Enterprise
As an initial matter, the suggestion that "RICO evidences no concern with foreign
From a practical perspective, it is well to bear in mind that foreign enterprises have been at the heart of precisely the sort of activities — committed in the United States — that were exactly what Congress enacted RICO to eradicate. Many will recall, for example, that a RICO count in perhaps the largest criminal conspiracy case ever tried in this district, the so-called "Pizza Connection" case, rested on a decision by members of the Sicilian Mafia to begin shipping narcotics to the United States and their development of a distribution network in this country.
Second, the emphasis on whether the RICO enterprise is domestic or foreign simply begs the question of how to determine the enterprise's character. Citizenship or legal status is not a viable approach, as it would produce absurd results. The term "enterprise" is defined to include, among other things, any individual,
To be sure, the domestic or foreign character of an enterprise might be determined differently, as for example by focusing on where the enterprise operates, where it makes decisions, where its assets (if it has any) are located and so on. Indeed, one court that focused on the RICO enterprise in determining whether application of RICO in the case before it would have been extraterritorial employed a "nerve center" test, considering "where [its] decisions [we]re made."
All of this is not to say that the location of the enterprise never might be relevant to the question whether the application of the statute, given the allegations of a given complaint, would be extraterritorial in whole or in part. But its relevance, if any, would depend upon the facts.
b. Emphasis on the Alleged Racketeering Activity
Another court that has dealt with the question of whether a proposed application
This approach has much appeal, as it would afford a remedy to a U.S. plaintiff who claims injury caused by domestic acts of racketeering activity without regard to the nationality or foreign character of the
3. Application to this Case
As noted previously, the RICO violation alleged in this case consisted of the conduct of the affairs of the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. The scheme (1) allegedly was conceived and orchestrated in and from the United States (2) in order wrongfully to obtain money from a company organized under the laws of and headquartered in the United States, and to cover up unlawful and improper activities, and (3) acts in its furtherance were committed here by Americans and in Ecuador by both Americans and Ecuadorians. Assuming that the amended complaint alleges a domestic pattern of racketeering activity,
This conclusion is entirely consistent with Morrison, Norex, and the statute itself. Accordingly, insofar as the Donziger Defendants' motion seeks dismissal of the RICO claims under Morrison, their motion must be denied.
B. Sufficiency of Pattern Allegation — The Single Scheme Argument
Among the elements of a legally sufficient RICO claim is that the defendant have (1) committed two or more acts, (2) constituting a "pattern" (3) of "racketeering activity."
First, the amended complaint alleges far more than extortion. It alleges (1) multiple acts of mail and wire fraud for the purpose of deceiving "Chevron, various courts of law, and the greater public" with respect to Chevron's liability and responsibility for the alleged degradation of the environment in Ecuador,
Second, our Circuit long has "interpreted [pattern of racketeering activity] to mean `multiple racketeering predicates — which can be part of a single `scheme' — that are related and that amount to, or threaten the likelihood of continued criminal activity.'"
The Donziger Defendants effort to sweep the myriad alleged offenses in violation of several federal statutes into nothing more than attempts in the service of a single extortion and thus to amalgamate what the RICO statute quite plainly treats as separate acts of racketeering activity is without merit.
C. Sufficiency of Predicate Act Allegations
1. Extortion
Chevron alleges that the Donziger Defendants and others have committed acts of extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act.
The Donziger Defendants contend that these allegations are insufficient because: (1) "Chevron has failed to allege that the RICO Defendants have actually obtained any money or property from Chevron,"
First, as previously noted, the Hobbs Act proscribes attempted extortion. The amended complaint adequately alleges that the Donziger Defendants have attempted to extort money from Chevron by seeking to instill fear of consequences more unpalatable than making the desired payments. The fact that the RICO Defendants have not succeeded in obtaining the desired payoff is immaterial to the question whether Chevron sufficiently has alleged Hobbs Act extortion as a RICO predicate act.
The second argument also is unpersuasive. The Second Circuit has stated that the Hobbs Act "does not limit the definition of extortion to those circumstances in which property is obtained through the wrongful use of fear created by implicit or explicit threats, but instead leaves open the cause of the fear."
Chevron does not allege a scheme that consisted of the allegedly baseless Lago Agrio litigation, either in and of itself or in combination with allegedly false and defamatory statements. Rather, it alleges that the RICO Defendants are executing a multi-faceted, extortionate scheme that has included not only bringing the Lago Agrio litigation, but also intimidating of Ecuadorian judges, fabricating evidence, making false statements to U.S. courts, Congress, the SEC, and the media, and bringing false criminal charges, all for the purpose of coercing Chevron "into paying to stop the campaign against it."
2. Mail and Wire Fraud
The elements of mail and wire fraud are three: (1) the formation of a scheme to defraud victims (2) of money or other property (as the object of the scheme), and (3) the use of the mails or interstate or foreign wire communications in furtherance of the scheme.
The amended complaint asserts that the RICO Defendants engaged in a scheme or artifice to defraud Chevron and others "by manufacturing evidence, colluding with ... Cabrera to submit ... manufactured evidence, and then holding out the Cabrera Report as independent and neutral when it decidedly was not," all for the purpose of coercing Chevron to make a multi-billion dollar payment.
The Donziger Defendants argue that the alleged mail and wire fraud predicate acts are insufficient because Chevron fails to allege that: (1) anyone relied on them to Chevron detriment,
The first of these arguments is patently incorrect as a matter of law. Although our Circuit and others previously had held that reliance was a necessary element of mail or wire fraud, the Supreme Court more recently has held in Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co.
The Donziger Defendants' second argument — viz. that Chevron has not adequately pleaded injury as a proximate consequence
3. Money Laundering
Section 1956(a)(2)(A) of the Criminal Code,
Chevron alleges that the RICO Defendants "knowingly caused the transportation, transmission, and/or transfer of funds to and from the United States ... with the intent that those funds be used to promote the carrying on of unlawful activity" including acts of extortion and mail and wire fraud.
As the Court has concluded that the extortion and mail and wire fraud predicate acts are pleaded sufficiently, the Donziger Defendants' argument is without merit.
4. Obstruction of Justice and Witness Tampering
The last two categories of alleged predicate acts are obstruction of justice and witness tampering. Chevron alleges that the RICO Defendants obstructed justice in violation of Section 1503 of the Criminal Code
The Donziger Defendants argue that these predicate acts are pleaded insufficiently because they allege no more than efforts to cover up the alleged conspiracy to extort money from Chevron.
But Chevron does not allege that the RICO Defendants' submissions to U.S. courts regarding the independence and bona fides of the Cabrera Report or their alleged witness tampering were designed only to "hide [their] involvement in a [RICO] scheme." Rather, it alleges that the instances of obstruction of justice and of witness tampering were designed to (1) dissuade U.S. courts from ordering Section 1782 disclosure in connection with the Ecuadorian litigation, (2) persuade Dr. Charles Calmbacher to decline to testify at a U.S. deposition, and (3) suborn a false affidavit by Mark Quarles
D. Causation
The amended complaint alleges essentially two types of injuries in consequence of the alleged RICO violations.
First, it asserts that "Chevron [has been] injured in its business and property by reason of" those violations and that the injuries include,
It therefore seeks to recover treble "damages according to proof at trial."
Second it alleges that "these injuries ... will continue" and that "Chevron ... is entitled to ... a preliminary and permanent injunction that enjoins Defendants [and others] acting in concert with them... from commencing, prosecuting, or advancing in any way ... any attempt to recognize or enforce the [Judgment] ... in the United States or abroad...."
The Donziger Defendants seek dismissal of the RICO claims because, they argue,
As an initial matter, the suggestion that the damages claim is wanting because Chevron supposedly has not adequately alleged reliance by anyone on any misrepresentations or omissions that have been part of the fraudulent scheme that underlies the mail and wire fraud predicate acts is misguided. A RICO damages plaintiff need allege only that it has suffered "an injury directly resulting from some or all of the activities comprising the violation."
The injunction claim is an even easier question. The Court of course is aware that the question whether a private plaintiff may obtain injunctive relief under RICO remains open in this and most other circuits.
For these reasons, Chevron's allegations satisfy civil RICO's causation requirement. Chevron therefore adequately alleges its substantive RICO claim.
III. RICO Conspiracy — Section 1962(d)
The Donziger Defendants argue only that the RICO conspiracy claim brought under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) should be dismissed because Chevron failed sufficiently to allege its substantive RICO claim.
IV. Common Law Fraud
A. Chevron's Allegations
Chevron alleges that the Donziger Defendants and others "knowingly misrepresented, omitted, and/or concealed material facts ... in their representations" to it, U.S. courts, the Lago Agrio court, federal and state agencies and officials in the United States, Chevron's stockholders, investors, analysts, and the media, to obtain favorable rulings from U.S. and the Lago Agrio courts, pressure U.S. officials to investigate Chevron, and propagate false information to harm Chevron.
B. Reliance
The elements of a common law fraud claim are "`a material, false representation, an intent to defraud thereby, and reasonable reliance on the representation, causing damage to the plaintiff.'"
1. First-Party Reliance
Chevron asserts that its fraud claim is valid on the basis of first-party reliance because it relied on the defendants' alleged false representations to its detriment.
The amended complaint, to be sure, contains a single, conclusory allegation that Chevron relied on the alleged misrepresentations and material omissions.
2. Third-Party Reliance
The Donziger Defendants do not argue that Chevron fails sufficiently to allege that third-parties relied on the allegedly false representations or that such reliance injured Chevron.
Both Smokes-Spirits.com and Cement & Concrete held that injury as a result of reliance by third parties is not actionable in New York. As Smokes-Spirits.com merely relied upon Cement & Concrete for that proposition,
As an initial matter, as another judge of this Court has pointed out, the New York Court of Appeals has held not once, but three times, that a claim for common law fraud may rest on third-party reliance.
We thus are faced with old but square holdings by the New York Court of Appeals supporting fraud claims based on third-party reliance and a division of more modern authority at the intermediate appellate level albeit with the balance favoring the same position. In addition, New York unquestionably permits recovery based on reliance by third parties on false and deceptive statements in areas including tortious interference with contract.
There is little doubt that this Court is in the undesirable position "of choosing between dueling pronouncements of New York law made by two Courts to whom [it is] obliged to defer."
V. Tortious Interference with Contract
The elements of a claim for tortious interference with contract are: "(1) the existence of a valid contract between the plaintiff and a third party, (2) the defendant's knowledge of that contract, (3) the defendant's intentional procurement of the third party's breach of that contract, and (4) damages."
The Donziger Defendants argue that this claim is time-barred because any alleged interference began in 1999 (when Ecuador enacted the Environmental Management Act of 1999 ("EMA"), which allowed a private right of action to sue for environmental damages)
Chevron's attempt to avoid the bar of the statute of limitations by asserting that any tortious interference is ongoing fails because "tortious interference with contract is not a continuing tort."
VI. Trespass to Chattels
In substance, Chevron alleges that the Donziger Defendants' "fraudulent litigation" and the corresponding "misleading media campaign"
The essential elements of trespass to chattels are "(1) intent, (2) physical interference with (3) possession (4) resulting in harm."
Second, Chevron does not allege that the Donziger Defendants physically interfered with possession of its property.
VII. Unjust Enrichment
Chevron alleges that the Donziger Defendants and others have been and, unless enjoined, will be enriched unjustly by the Judgment and its proceeds.
A plaintiff seeking damages on an unjust enrichment claim must allege that "(1) defendant was enriched; (2) the enrichment was at plaintiff's expense; and (3) the circumstances were such that equity and good conscience require defendants to make restitution."
The Donziger Defendants argue that Chevron fails to allege that they have been enriched at its expense because they have yet to collect or receive benefits from the Judgment.
As the Donziger Defendants have not recovered on the Judgment to date, the unjust enrichment claim is premature at best. "The essence of [an unjust enrichment] claim is that one party has received money or a benefit at the expense of another."
Moreover, any enrichment received by the Donziger Defendants to date — allegedly from litigation funding agreements
VIII. New York Judiciary Law § 487
Section 487 of the New York Judiciary Law
The first fails for the simple reason that Chevron explicitly alleges that Donziger is an attorney and that he and his law offices and professional corporations violated Section 487 by engaging "in an intentional pattern of collusion, wrongdoing, and deceit with the intent to deceive ... multiple federal courts" and "actively participated in the preparation and filing of multiple court submissions to" this and other courts "which included false and misleading statements."
The second argument is equally deficient. As an initial matter, the statute itself provides that an attorney who violates it "forfeits to the party injured treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action."
Next, the Donziger Defendants rely for this argument on a single district court decision,
Finally, even a collateral attack on a prior judgment may be made under Section 487 in "a separate lawsuit ... where the alleged perjury or fraud in the underlying action was `merely a means to the accomplishment of a larger fraudulent scheme.'"
IX. Civil Conspiracy
Chevron's seventh claim for relief charges all defendants with civil conspiracy to commit the various state law torts alleged in the complaint. The Donziger Defendants seek its dismissal, contending that New York does not recognize an independent tort of civil conspiracy vel non.
New York in fact does not recognize an independent tort for civil conspiracy.
For the foregoing reasons, the Donziger Defendants' motion to dismiss the amended complaint [DI 302] is granted to the extent that so much of the third claim for relief as is premised on detrimental reliance by Chevron and the fourth through sixth claims for relief all are dismissed, provided, however, that the dismissal of the claim for damages asserted in the sixth claim for relief is dismissed only as premature. The motion is denied in all other respects.
The Donziger Defendants do not argue that Chevron fails to plead its fraud claim with the requisite amount of particularity. Indeed, any attempt to do so would be futile. E.g., Cpt. ¶¶ 109-21, 185-88, 246-59, 304-10, 392.
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{Poll} Family Size
Apparently family size is going back up in America (after dipping down). How do Mormon families reflect these trends?
I recently ran across a study about family size in the United States that says the average household size has gone from 3.67 in 1930 down to 2.62 in 2000, but is now going back up. Interesting. I suspect some of that has to do with young adults moving back in with their parents due to economic circumstances, but not entirely.
Mormon families don't really fit into these statistics, though. Having only two children is on the lower end of the spectrum, and six is not really a novelty, especially if you live in Utah. I'm curious, though, has the Mormon household size followed the national trend, just on our own Mormon scale? Take the quiz below and let's find out.
How many kids were in your family growing up?
How many kids of your own do you have (or plan to have)?
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High heat Roasting
I remember reading a cookbook in my mothers collection about high heat roasting, so I asked if I could borrow it, but she said take it. I have re-read it extensively over the weekend. It is called "Roasting-A simple art" by Barbara Kafka.
Every recipe starts at 500, but I am sure that if I could talk to her personally, and tell her of our unique ovens, (not a crappy electric interior oven) that she would say 550, o that is even better.
Like, she says roasted chicken is heaven, cook two, not just one. Her roasted pork loin recipes sound so good. A so called green ham (raw, not smoked or cooked in any way) is supposed to be great at high heat, as well as lamb.
I am on my way to buy a bunch of meats at sam's right now, as family will start arriving for the holidays on 12/23, and I plan on feeding them well. Pizza for lunch and on the cool down, the dinners, then more "kiln dried" wood for the next fire
Also, it occurs to me that it takes some effort to go from 500 to 725, but if the goal is say 525, it is probably a piece of cake to just get to 525.
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This is the first of the recipes from her book (at least the one she recommends to start with, for ease of cooking and the glory it will bring from your audience)
This is the largest jelly roll pan I have. I got it at a garage sale, brand new, but could never use it, as it is way too large for my inside oven. On the other hand, it works like a charm in the brick oven. The author seems to feel that the vegies and taters shouldn't touch each other or be too crowded.
This is a V rack with 2 chickens, dry rubbed, slightly oiled, cavity dry rubbed, with lemon and lemon peel inside the cavities. The quartered potatoes are slightly oiled and cracked pepper/kosher salt, then during cooking turned once in a while in the chicken fat that drips down. Oven was around 525, but that was iffy. places showed 430, and other places nearer the fire was 585.
Naturally, the chicken, potatoes, onions and even the winter squash thingy my wife put in there was delicious.
I just purchased a 14.82 lb brisket (corned beef is brisket soaked in salt) but this is a brisket. Also, she says roast stew beef before bringing it inside to finish/make the stew. She says way better, so I am going to try those next.
High heat cooking is a natural fit for our ovens.
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that idea of heat saturation is interesting. As an analysis of this meal, I would say that the oven was not fully saturated with heat and the chickens could have been better, and I am certain that when I cook them again, they will be better. I guess I thought that I could cheap out on the logs, use less of them.
Fully saturated will be the new motto, for beer and for heat.
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Christian Lozano battled waves to save girl
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bakersfield Blaze will be honoring a local man who saved a 11 year-old from drowning near the Ventura Pier last month.
Christian Lozano, 16, rescued Maya Harding from the waves that threatened to drown the girl.
"I heard a cry for help instantly, so I didn't think about it, I just jumped in the water and I just started paddling out," said Lozano.
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Meaty home cooking that'll make you miss the Russian grandma you never had
To walk into Le Georgia is to walk into the sitting room of that Russian great aunt you never knew you had. Dark wood panelling, lush red drapes with tassels, paintings of landscapes and sad dogs, and a fake fireplace complete with family photo on the mantel. It's otherworldly.
But then, Côtes-des-Neiges is a conglomerate of other worlds. Moroccan, Jewish, Japanese restaurants rub fork by finger by chopstick in this über-UN area. Georgian cuisine, with its emphasis on meats and its use of walnuts, pomegranates, garlic and spice, is just another slice of the neighbourhood's global pie.
The Disney Channel was playing on the corner TV. A pleasant-looking dark-bobbed older woman in an extravagant fur collar drank tea from an elegant cup at a nearby table. Across from her was a squirmy little blonde girl, colouring. We settled into comfy upholstered chairs with arms and pondered the menu. Brochettes, duck leg, sausage and borscht jostled with unfamiliar words with lots of k's and ch's.
We were wondering aloud what khatchapouri could be when the little girl approached our table and explained it was a thick crêpe stuffed with cheese and that she orders it every Friday when she comes here after her Russian class. Who could resist such a poppet's recommendation? This Caucasian version of the grilled cheese sandwich is obviously popular with kiddies. We saw the restaurant owner's young son tucked at a table, eating a wedge of it and playing chess, no doubt plotting to overtake Gary Kasparov one day.
We ordered the khatchapouri, as well as eggplant appetizers (the cheese-stuffed peppers and cold cut platter will have to wait till our next visit, as will the lauded borscht). I ordered khartcho, a lamb and nut dish; my man ordered offal, then wine. When I hesitated to join in on vino, the hail-fellow-well-met owner paused. "But if you don't drink, you'll harm your stomach," he said, wide-eyed.
So a carafe for two was brought to us, along with bread and instructions for the jar of homemade spice spread already on the table. "We eat it with everything but tea," he said of the pungent blend. It reminded me of curry paste, salty, with paprika. Was that cumin and coriander? The owner wouldn't give away the recipe except to say there were a dozen spices within.
Used sparingly, the spices were a perky accompaniment and enhanced the comforting doughy khatchapouri. Our eggplant rounds were topped with a mash of nuts and garlic. Their naturally bitter taste was offset by a burst of bright flavour provided by pomegranate seeds.
The main dishes arrived on hot oval platters. My khartcho was a mix of lamb, shredded carrots, coriander and walnut, loaded with more garlic than I've encountered in any other resto, from Thai to Greek. I swooned over its zestful vigour.
His chopped veal offal was a medley of textures, from soft tripe to toothsome heart. It was hot with barely-cooked garlic and robust with herbs.
We finished with a spongy Ukrainian honey cake and the Georgian tchourtchkhela. I'd recommend the latter, logs of cinnamony raisin paste, stuffed with nuts. Eat them with your hands, lick the tacky residue off your fingers. Sit back to relish the final moments of your meal in this unique family restaurant.
Le Georgia
5112 Decarie Blvd.; 482-1881
Dinner for two, not including tax or tip: $40-$60


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On the heels of the USB condom sellout, thingCHARGER has announced the release of its new charging solution for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. It gives individuals the advantage of charging one or multiple things at once, all from any standard outlet with no messy charging wires and no chance of 'Juice Jacking.'
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