What’s in the Files of Chevron’s $2.2 Million Man?Gotta read this article by San Francisco Chronicle’s energy reporter, David Baker, about Chevron’s paying its own self-described “dirty tricks” operative $2.2 million in hush money.The Chevron Pit believes the oil giant paid Diego Borja so he wouldn’t blow the whistle on its fraudulent sampling protocol...
Monday, January 30, 2012
Chevron’s Deceit Exposed In “Legal Misapprehension” Ruling
Less than 24 hours after the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Chevron's case against a group of Ecuadorian indigenous peoples, the oil giant's CEO John Watson accused them of fraud in an analyst call, while trying to explain his $18 billion problem in Ecuador and his $11 billion one in Brazil.Yet, a close read of the court's opinion...
Friday, January 27, 2012
Gibson Dunn: Litigation Disaster of the Year Award
Can We Get A Re-Count?So much for Gibson Dunn's Litigation Firm of the Year Award, recently bestowed on it by the legal publication, American Lawyer.If ever there was a reason for a re-count, it's now.In a critical ruling...
Thursday, January 26, 2012
In Critical Ruling, Chevron Hit Hard By Federal Appellate Court
Judge Kaplan Ordered To Dismiss Chevron Case Against EcuadorAmazon Defense Coalition, 26 January 2012, Contact: Karen Hinton, 703-798-3109, karen@hintoncommunications.comU.S. representatives for the Ecuadorians, who recently won an $18 billion judgment in Ecuador against Chevron for massive contamination, issued the following statements today about...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Chevron's Fraud On Public Display In U.S. Courts
Oil Giant's Unclean Hands Soil Its ImageChevron's fraudulent conduct during the Ecuador trial for massive oil contamination is on public display for all to see in recently-released U.S. court documents. They reveal that Chevron has paid its "dirty tricks" operative Diego Borja $2.2 million in retainer fees, living expenses, income taxes and legal fees....
Friday, January 20, 2012
Chevron's 500 Lawyers At 39 Law Firms Defeated For Third Time
Five Impoverished Indigenous Groups One Step Closer To JusticeHow many lawyers does it take to lose four court decisions in a row?According to a Chevron declaration -- almost 500 lawyers and paralegals at 39 firms. See here.Chevron's public face for its unprecedented legal attack against the impoverished Ecuadorians has been Gibson Dunn's Randy Mastro,...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Chevron Defeated For Third Time In US Courts!
Ecuadorians One Step Closer To JusticeThe 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has refused Chevron again, denying its motion to block enforcement of the $18 billion judgment in Ecuador. This is the third consecutive legal setback for Chevron. Here's the statement from the Ecuadorians, who against all odds have defeated the oil giant and its 39 law firms and...
Chevron Tells Another Whopper To U.S. Appellate Court
For the past two years Chevron has been trying to get U.S. judges to dictate to Ecuadorian judges all that is wrong with Ecuador's judiciary. In the process, Chevron has told so many lies it's impossible to keep up with...
Monday, January 16, 2012
Kerry Kennedy Speaks Out Against Chevron's Desperate Attacks
Ecuadorians Call Kennedy Fierce Activist & Good FriendOur most recent post about Chevron's turning victims into enemies was prescient. This weekend Chevron planted a story in a tabloid to disparage one of the Ecuadorians' most effective supporters, human rights activist Kerry Kennedy. It was a lie. Pure and simple.Ms. Kennedy did not hesitate to...
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Chevron Tries To Make Its Victims The Enemy
"This is how it's done. When people are sittin' on shit that you want, you make 'em your enemy. Then you're justified in taking it." Jack Sully in the James Cameron movie Avatar, the U.S. Marine who works for an...
Friday, January 13, 2012
Crafty Craig, Chevron's Man In Ecuador, Up to No Good Again
We reported not long ago that James Craig, Chevron's man in Ecuador, refused to deny to a Miami Herald reporter that his employer had offered the government of Ecuador a bribe to pressure the courts to dismiss the lawsuit...
Monday, January 9, 2012
Ecuador’s Appellate Court Upholds $18 Billion Judgment Against Chevron
Leading Oil Industry Analyst Says Chevron Should SettleOther Analyst Says Chevron Is Hiding Its Liabilities In Ecuador & ElsewhereBased on an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence, Ecuador’s appellate court last week upheld the $18 billion judgment against Chevron for oil contamination in the country’s rainforest.Immediately following the...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Gibson Dunn: Fewer Options But Bigger Bills for Chevron in Ecuador Case
Paul Paz y Mino of Amazon Watch writes an excellent blog on Huffington Post, called How Lawyer Arrogance Imperils Chevron Shareholders in Ecuador.He details the “monumental mistakes” made in the Ecuador contamination case by Gibson Dunn, the Chevron law firm that pushed out the company’s other law firm Jones Day from being the lead on the lawsuit...
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