Chevron Ecuador Blog Posts

Team Donziger Back to Their Old Playbook

“If you repeat a lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth.” – Steven Donziger

That is the motto that Steven Donziger, the American lawyer who orchestrated a fraud and extortion scheme against Chevron, once confided to a member of his legal team.

What Canadian Observers Are Saying About the Legal Fraud of the Century

Last week, Steven Donziger and his team sought to downplay their defeat before the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York, focusing instead on Canada, where they hope to convince a court to recognize their fraudulent Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron. Before exuding too much confidence, they may want to read what noted Canadian observers have had to say about their case.

What Others Are Saying About the Chevron v. Donziger Appeal Decision

Wall Street Journal editorial “In a 127-page opinion, Judge Amalya Kearse said the court “found no basis for dismissal or …

U.S. Appeals Court Affirms RICO Judgment Against Lawyer Behind Fraudulent Ecuador Lawsuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has unanimously affirmed a lower court decision, which found that the $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador was the product of fraud and racketeering activity, and unenforceable in the United States. The appeals court stated that there was “no basis for dismissal or reversal” of the district court’s judgment, noting that “[t]he record in the present case reveals a parade of corrupt actions by the LAPs’ legal team, including coercion, fraud, and bribery, culminating in the promise to Judge Zambrano of $500,000 from a judgment in favor of the LAPs.” Read more>>

How Did Steven Donziger Obtain a Fraudulent Judgment? Let’s Count The Ways

How did Steven Donziger and his associates obtain a fraudulent multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador? Let a U.S. …

Steven Donziger’s True Motivations for Advancing His Shakedown Scheme Revealed

Steven Donziger, the American lawyer behind the fraudulent lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador, claims money was not the motivation behind …

International Organizations Denounce Ecuador’s Record on Corruption, Press Freedom

In December 2015, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) issued a statement on the floor of the United States Senate declaring, in …

Experts: Donziger’s Fraud Hurts Human Rights Cause

Steven Donziger and his team like to don the mantle of human rights campaigners in an attempt to legitimize their …

Ecuador’s Costly Anti-Chevron Campaign Continues

Despite a stalled economy, mass layoffs and surging public debt, Ecuador continues to spend taxpayers’ money on its costly global PR campaign against Chevron. Read more>>

Chevron to Ecuador: Keep Your Promise, Clean up the Amazon

For years, the Ecuadorian government, environmental activist groups and calculating lawyers have used images of oil pits, spills and indigenous peoples in the Amazon to mislead the public and pressure Chevron into settling a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the company. Rather than give in to these tactics, Chevron has fought back, exposing the lawsuit as a fraud and holding the purveyors of that fraud accountable.

The Fraudulent Ecuador Judgment: 5 Years Later

On Feb. 14, 2011, Steven Donziger had an Ecuadorian court issue a $19 billion judgment against Chevron. Five years later, he has little to show for it. Once viewed as a David-vs.-Goliath victory by a scrappy band of Ecuadorian and U.S. plaintiffs’ lawyers, Donziger’s implausible legal win has been exposed as nothing more than a fraud perpetrated in collusion with Ecuador’s government. Read more>>

The Revolving Door of Fraud in the Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit

  Overwhelming evidence of corruption has driven many of Steven Donziger’s former allies around the world to abandon his fraudulent …