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Chevron Rainforest Case Drags Mud into Local Court
30 September 2011 | The Recorder
The long-running legal battle between Ecuadoreans and Chevron waged in more than a dozen courts in this country and abroad has been full of ugly lawyer fights and allegations of dirty tricks. Now a piece of the multibillion dollar rainforest destruction suit is being fought in Bay Area courts. And it isn't pretty. More »
What Chevron Owes the People of Lago Agrio
26 September 2011 | Huffington Post
Since taking office as New York State Comptroller four years ago, I have asked Chevron's board of directors to settle this marathon litigation and spare the company's battered reputation any further damage. The board has chosen to ignore the wishes of the many investors and observers who supported my call. More »
Chevron Lobbying Efforts Revealed by Leaked Cables
22 September 2011 | Courthouse News Service
Chevron tried to shake off multibillion environmental claims in Ecuador by lobbying government officials, even as it blasted opponents for allegedly playing to the courts' corrupt and political side, according to diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks. More »
US Court's Decision in Ecuador Case Could See Chevron Assets Seized: Analyst
21 September 2011 | Platts
New York, NY – A recent decision by a US appeals court in the years-long dispute between Chevron and indigenous groups in Ecuador's Amazon region opens the possibility that Chevron assets could be seized elsewhere if the company does not make a settlement, Oppenheimer analyst Fadel Gheit said Tuesday. More »
US Court Rules Against Chevron in Ecuador Oil Case
20 September 2011 | BBC News
A US court has overturned a block on Ecuadoreans collecting damages totalling $18.2 billion from Chevron over Amazon oil pollution. More »
Order Barring Ecuador from Collecting $18 Billion Vacated
19 September 2011 | Associated Press
New York – A federal appeals court vacated an order Monday by a New York judge that barred an $18 billion judgment in Ecuador against Chevron Inc. for contaminating the Amazon. More »
Appeals Court Sides with Ecuadorians in Chevron Suit
19 September 2011 | San Francisco Chronicle
Ecuadorans suing Chevron Corp. over pollution in the Amazon rain forest are one step closer to collecting a $9.5 billion judgment against the San Ramon company. More »
Ecuadorian Plaintiffs Again Seek Judge's Recusal
7 September 2011 | Legal Newsline
New York – The Ecuadorian plaintiffs suing Chevron Corp. are yet again asking a federal judge to recuse himself from a case involving a multibillion-dollar judgment against the oil company in Ecuador. More »
New Wrinkle to Chevron Drama in the Amazon
11 August 2011 | Courthouse News Service
A discovery order poses new complications for Chevron as it tries to distance itself from a convicted drug felon and to discredit an $18.2 billion judgment for massive oil contamination in the Amazon. More »
The Man Who Humbled Chevron
Ecuadorian lawyer Pablo Fajardo succeeded against the petroleum giant with the largest compensation in history for environmental crimes
6 June 2011 | El País
This is the story of an ecological catastrophe thirty times worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill, according to the plaintiffs. It is also that of a sentence, dictated by a judge in the town of Lago Agrio, Ecuador, that signed for the most costly compensation demand in history in a judicial action for environmental crimes: 8.560 billion dollars. In between, decades of suffering and death, in a place where surviving the daily misery was already difficult enough. More »