Friday, September 25, 2015

Chevron's Forum Shopping Over Ecuador Pollution Hits Dead End In Canada

It is widely known that Chevron has acted as a serial forum shopper when it comes to trying to evade its liability for creating an environmental disaster in Ecuador's Amazon. But Chevron's game of corporate subterfuge and litigation is clearly unraveling, spelling huge new risks for company shareholders. In short, Chevron CEO John Watson's billion-dollar...

Friday, September 11, 2015

Chevron Paying Notre Dame "Human Rights" Professor Cassel To Publicly Attack Ecuadorian Villagers

If you want a new example of corruption in legal academia, look no further than Chevron's relationship with Notre Dame "human rights" law professor Douglas Cassel. Chevron is paying Cassel to attack the rainforest villagers and lawyers who have held Chevron accountable in Ecuador for its environmental disaster in one of the great recent successes of...

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Six Reasons Why Chevron's Ecuador Disaster Just Became A Company Nightmare In Canada

Chevron's Ecuador environmental disaster -- called "The Amazon Chernobyl" by its indigenous and farmer victims in the rainforest -- has now spread to Canada in what is fast becoming a business and legal nightmare for company management. For Chevron CEO John Watson, the news that the company will face a trial in the respected courts of Canada over...