Today, the legal team for Steven Donziger and the
Ecuadorians targeted by Chevron's retaliatory RICO suit filed a motion—filled
with devastating detail—to strike the testimony of the oil giant's star
witness.
That star witness, disgraced former Ecuadorian Judge Alberto Guerra, testified during the RICO trial last week that representatives...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Letter to the Court: Donziger Expresses Fair Trial Concerns to Judge Kaplan
In an October 23rd letter to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, Steven Donziger writes:
“I write to record objections to certain procedures being
used that I believe are interfering with my ability to mount a defense
and violating my fundamental right to a fair trial.”
Steven’s letter goes on to enumerate in detail issues in the
proceedings currently underway,...
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Corporate Rights or Human Rights?
Katie Redford at Earth Rights International posted a blog here, writing eloquently on the privilege to "speak" and limit activism that corporations are enjoying, as the rights of human beings to hold those corporations...
Chevron Withdraws Key Element of RICO Charge Against Donziger
Check out the press release issued today by the legal team representing Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorian Plaintiffs—now, of course, Defendants in Chevron's retaliatory RICO case.
See below for important points on the first week of trial, and stay tuned for next week...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2013
Contact: Chris Gowen, 610-513-0539,...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
RICO Bombshell Further Erodes Credibility of Key Chevron Witness
On the very second
morning of the trial in Chevron's retaliatory RICO suit, one of the oil giant's
star witnesses dropped a bombshell.
And the star witness—Chevron's own Ricardo Reis Vega, the
company's vice president who oversaw its legal defense in the Ecuador
case—dropped that bombshell on another of Chevron's star witnesses.
With the...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Eye on the Amazon: Retaliation Trial Opens Against Victims of Chevron Contamination in Ecuador
Reposted from Eye on the Amazon
Today in New York Ecuadorian villagers from the Amazon rainforest
region ravaged by Chevron's oil contamination were joined by supporters
for a rally in Foley Square across from...
Chevron’s Retaliatory Show Trial Opens in New York
Today in a New York Courtroom, Chevron’s campaign to evade
accountability for its environmental and human rights abuses in Ecuador
officially enters a new, egregious, ridiculous stage.
This morning, in Judge Lewis Kaplan’s courtroom on the 21st floor of
the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York, Chevron’s team
of lawyers assembled...
Monday, October 14, 2013
Setting the Record Straight: Steven on HuffPost Live
This is an excellent segment. Watch Steven Donziger interviewed on HuffPost Live:
Steven sets the record straight when the ill-informed host throws out some baloney about film outtakes showing Steven talking about bribes—an allegation Chevron hasn't even made despite its myriad other ridiculous accusations.
No such outtakes exist...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Judge Kaplan Denies Jury Trial for Donziger and Ecuadoreans
Today, the New York Law Journal ran an article on its front page about the upcoming trial in Chevron's retaliatory RICO lawsuit against the victims of Chevron's abuses in the Ecuadorean Amazon, and their long-time U.S. attorney, Steven Donziger. The piece begins:
The pitched battle between Chevron Corporation and a lawyer and Ecuadorians who won a...
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Chevron Continues Abusive Efforts to Rig Trial in Retaliatatory RICO Case vs. Donziger and Ecuadorian Villagers
Last week, after bringing in heavy-hitting trial lawyer Ted Olson to argue its case, Chevron prevailed in its effort to keep its favorite judge overseeing the upcoming trial over the oil giant's retaliatory lawsuit against lawyer Steven Donziger and his clients from the Ecuadorian Amazon. Days later, on the eve of the trial, Chevron dropped its damages...
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