Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Fortune Focuses On Brad Pitt While Ignoring Key Developments In Ecuador Pollution Case

Roger Parloff's reporting for Fortune about Chevron's growing pollution liability in Ecuador – where he ignores devastating new evidence that the oil giant's defenses are unraveling – is on display yet again with a blog claiming that Brad Pitt has interest in making a movie about the litigation. This is a great example of how a legal reporter misses...

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The Chevron Tapes: How A U.S. Judge Helped Oil Giant Hide Its Corruption In Ecuador

The stunning internal Chevron internal videos released last week by VICE and the environmental group Amazon Watch demonstrate the oil company knew of its massive contamination in Ecuador's rainforest and had an elaborate ruse to lie about it in court. That the Chevron trickery failed and it lost the trial anyway changes little about the company's...

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Chevron's Secret Tapes: Company Whistleblower Discloses Corrupt Acts In Ecuador Trial

What big oil company takes video of its own technicians committing fraud in a pollution trial? Thanks to the tenacious activists at Amazon Watch, we know the answer: Chevron. With the disclosure of these shocking videos, we are now beginning to think that acts of stupidity have become a regular feature of Chevron's legal team led by former Bush Administration...