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Money lawyers: No holds barred – Examiner

These are trying times for the former DC-based lobbying powerhouse and law firm, Patton Boggs. In 2014, the law firm combined with Cleveland-based Squire Sanders in a last-ditch effort to form a new lobbying juggernaut following the fall-out from Patton Boggs’ Ecuador Oil Scandal and GetFugu Stock Scandal. Now the firm still cannot shake the ghosts from its past, even as part of the new law firm, as its attorneys face a lawsuit from Getfugu and its officers and directors. Worse, following its $15 million dollar settlement with Chevron Corporation after being exposed in the Ecuador Oil Scandal, the outcome of the GetFugu stock scandal could be the same. Read more>>

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October 30, 2015

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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:
https://t.co/7TqQ6sJhik

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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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