News and Multimedia from 2012
Is Chevron in Violation of Securities Law?
New reports on Chevron's liabilities relating to environmental damages in Ecuador assert that while the company's legal options have narrowed significantly, its public filings repeat the same arguments made in 2008. First of a two-part series.
18 May 2012 | SocialFunds.com
The legal decisions continue to fall against Chevron, as the $18 billion judgment against it for environmental degradation in Ecuador has been upheld in appeals courts. More »
Chevron Faces "Irreparable Damage" Because of $18 Billion Ecuador Judgment, Says New Financial Analysis
14 May 2012 | Amazon Defense Coalition
New York, NY – A new financial analysis has found that Chevron's $18 billion Ecuador environmental liability poses a threat of "irreparable damage" to the oil major's global operations if the plaintiffs make good on their promise to launch legal actions to enforce the judgment in countries where Chevron has billions of dollars in assets. More »
Shareholders Slam Chevron With Request for SEC Investigation Over Ecuador Judgment
14 May 2012 | Amazon Defense Coalition
New York, NY – Chevron now faces another headache over its $18 billion Ecuador judgments – this time from some of its own investors. More »
Chevron Suffers Major Legal Setback as U.S. Court Throws Out Fraud Claims, Rejects Motion to Attach Assets
14 May 2012 | Amazon Defense Coalition
New York, NY – Chevron suffered two new legal setbacks today when a U.S. federal judge who usually favors the company rejected its attempt to attach the assets of the Ecuadorians and separately tossed out two fraud-related claims against an American lawyer. More »
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Confirmed Chevron's Ecuador Pollution in Powerful Essay
Saw Scenes That Looked Like "War" During Trip to Remote Region of Amazon in Early 1990s
7 May 2012 | Amazon Defense Coalition
New York, NY – In 1990, noted environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was one of the first outsiders to travel to a remote area of Ecuador's Amazon to assess what at the time was considered one of the worst oil disasters on the planet. More »
Chevron en la Amazonía
El Chernobyl de Sudamérica
3 May 2012 | Amazon Defense Coalition
Ya es hora de que Chevron limpie su contaminación masiva que ha devastado al medio ambiente de la Amazonía Ecuadoriana y sigue provocando casos de cancer, defectos de nacimiento, y otras enfermedades. More »
Only In America: Chevron Lawyer Receives $7.8 Million For Losing $18 Billion Ecuador Lawsuit
24 April 2012 | Amazon Defense Coalition
New York, NY – Chevron's Board of Directors recently awarded its General Counsel R. Hewitt Pate a 75% raise – bringing his 2011 salary to a whopping $7.8 million – for losing the landmark $18 billion environmental lawsuit in Ecuador. More »
Court Considers Chevron's Request for Documents in Ecuador Litigation
17 April 2012 | Greenwire
A federal appeals court today seemed inclined to rule that a lower court judge acted too hastily in allowing Chevron Corp. access to documents prepared by a consulting firm working for Ecuadorean plaintiffs in a high-profile case that has dragged on for almost 20 years. More »
Chevron's Misrepresentations in Public Filings Regarding its $18.1 Billion Environmental Liability in Ecuador
April 2012
This memo presents evidence and analysis that Chevron's management is publishing false or materially misleading information regarding its $18.1 billion adverse judgment in Ecuador for causing environmental damage. More »
Report: Chevron Misleading Investors Over Ecuador Environmental Judgment
17 April 2012 | Amazon Defense Coalition
New York, NY – Chevron's 2011 annual report misleads shareholders and the financial markets with information that is either demonstrably false or materially misleading regarding the $18 billion judgment against the company in Ecuador for causing environmental damage. More »
