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Forbes – Chevron’s Next Target: Washington Law Firm Patton Boggs

In its counterclaim, Chevron accuses Patton Boggs of actively working to mislead courts and the public … The suit also says Patton Boggs helped defraud Burford Group, a London litigation-finance outfit with close ties to some Patton Boggs partners, by inducing it to invest $5 million in the litigation without telling it it knew the plaintiff lawyers in Ecuador were concerned they could all “go to jail” because of their contacts with the court expert. Read more >>

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March 31, 2014

In its counterclaim, Chevron accuses Patton Boggs of actively working to mislead courts and the public ... The suit also says Patton Boggs helped defraud Burford Group, a London litigation-finance outfit with close ties to some Patton Boggs partners, by inducing it to invest $5 million in the litigation without telling it it knew the plaintiff lawyers in Ecuador were concerned they could all “go to jail” because of their contacts with the court expert. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2014/03/31/chevrons-next-target-washington-law-firm-patton-boggs/" target="_blank">Read more >></a>

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#Factsmatter: An international arbitration panel found ‘no cogent evidence’ supporting #Ecuador’s claim that #Texaco failed to comply with terms of remediation in #Amazon. https://t.co/7TqQ6sJhik

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The @WSJ sums this case up nicely, “[Steven Donziger] and his team fabricated evidence, promised $500,000 to an #Ecuadorean judge to rule in their favor, ghostwrote much of the final verdict and took other actions that ‘perverted’ the course of #justice. Mr. Donziger disputes the… https://t.co/soQ1qreULA

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Shameless. Disbarred and convicted of criminal contempt of court for bribing an Ecuadorian judge in an attempted extortion scheme, @SDonziger is nonetheless accepting invitations to speak at #climate rallies. Read more about this adjudicated racketeer: https://t.co/5eac0lRmN7

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Sworn testimony: While Texaco met its environmental obligations in the Amazon, #Ecuador’s national oil company did “absolutely nothing” to address its own remediation in the area. #FactsMatter:
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DENIED: @SCOTUS rejects hearing case of Steven Donziger, who bribed Ecuadorian judge in failed effort to bilk Chevron for billions of dollars. https://t.co/zT0dlozk5R

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