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Chevron Loses Some RICO Claims Against Ecuadoreans
21 May 2012 | Courthouse News Service
New York, NY – Chevron met with unusual resistance as a federal judge narrowed its lawsuit against a group of Ecuadoreans fighting to collect $18 billion for an oil contamination. More »
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 »
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 »
Should Chevron's Board Adopt a Higher Profile?
21 February 2012 | Financial Times Agenda
The slugfest continues between Chevron and lawyers representing a group of Amazon Indians in Ecuador. But after one of the largest court judgments for environmental damage in history, a growing number of shareholders are asking the board to back off. More »
Ecuadoreans Blast "Secret" Hague Tribunal Convened for Chevron
10 February 2012 | Courthouse News Service
New York, NY – A group of Ecuadoreans have taken the offensive against a Hague arbitration panel that they claim will meet in secret, without transparency or accountability, this weekend to determine the fate of an $18.2 billion environmental judgment they won against Chevron. More »
Ecuadoreans Call for U.S. Help in Chevron Arbitration
30 January 2012 | Reuters
In last week's rejection of Chevron's attempt to use U.S. courts to block enforcement of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs' $18 billion Ecuadorean judgment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was clearly uneasy at the idea of American judges interfering with foreign jurisprudence. So far, the arbitration panel overseeing Chevron's case against the Republic of Ecuador has had no such qualms. But with Chevron now relying heavily on the arbitration process to protect it from plaintiffs' attempts to claim oil company assets, the panel's power over foreign courts is going to become a key issue – and the Ecuadorean plaintiffs are now calling for the U.S. government to support Ecuador's sovereignty. Chevron, meanwhile, argues that if anyone has caused harm to Ecuador's constitution, it's the Republic and the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, not Chevron and the arbitration panel. More »
Chevron, Ecuador and the $2.2 Million Man
27 January 2012 | San Francisco Chronicle
In the sprawling legal drama surrounding Chevron Corp. in Ecuador, Diego Borja has played one of the strangest roles. More »
US Appeals Court: Judge Overstepped Authority in Banning Collection of $18B Ecuador Judgement
26 January 2012 | Associated Press
New York, NY – A judge overstepped his authority when he tried to ban enforcement around the world of an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Inc. for environmental damage in Ecuador, a federal appeals court said Thursday. More »
Will the Lawsuit Over Oil Contamination in Ecuador Ever End?
19 January 2012 | Mother Jones
In the past few weeks, there have been several developments in the ongoing lawsuit that Ecuadorian communities have filed against Chevron for polluting the Amazon. More »
Chevron Loses Another Bid to Block $18 Billion Ecuador Award
19 January 2012 | Bloomberg
Chevron Corp. (CVX) lost another bid before a U.S appeals court for an order blocking enforcement of an Ecuadorean court's $18 billion environmental damages verdict. More »
