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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 »
Ecuadoreans Are Two Steps Closer Toward $18.2B Chevron Judgment
9 January 2012 | Courthouse News Service
Chevron suffered two new setbacks in its bid to dodge liability for massive oil contamination in the Amazon, which an Ecuadoran appeals court has just affirmed will cost $18.2 billion to remediate. More »
David v Goliath: Chevron Plots to Avoid Cleaning Up Oil Pollution in Amazon Rainforest
Ecuador government urged not to give in to pressure from the US oil giant Chevron to drop record $18 billion fine for its part in the "Chernobyl of the Amazon"
9 January 2012 | The Ecologist
Although celebrating the victory - the largest award for an environmental case in legal history - representatives of the communities affected say the battle for making Chevron pay has only just begun. More »
An Oily Case: Chevron's Never-Ending, Record-Breaking Lawsuit in Ecuador
9 January 2012 | Time.com
How long has the legal battle between indigenous groups in the Ecuadorean Amazon and the oil giant Chevron been going on? So long that Texaco no longer exists; so long that six separate Ecuadorean judges have been involved in the case, and one federal judge in New York died before he could make a ruling; so long that former President Bill Clinton had just moved into the White House when the lawsuit was first filed in 1993. More »
Chevron Loses Bid in Ecuador Appeals Court
5 January 2012 | San Francisco Chronicle
An Ecuadoran appeals court has upheld last year's landmark $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. over oil field contamination in the Amazon rain forest. More »
Ecuador Court Upholds Historic Environmental Case Against Chevron
4 January 2012 | Miami Herald
Humberto Piaguaje, a school teacher in Ecuador's Amazon, says he has lost eight family members to cancer. He blames the rash of deaths in his village on river water contaminated by upstream oil operations. More »
