Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit News

PointofLaw.com – Anti-Chevron suit reaches new stage in Ecuador, still ridiculous

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September 22, 2010

An overview of the past several days of developments in the Chevron Ecuador lawsuit:

The judge’s announcement follows the final submission of “expert” reports to the court, including one from various supporters of the shakedown litigation that now claims as much as $113 billion in damages — up from the mere $27.4 billion tallied in the report from the now-discredited special master. Judging by the news release from the PR outfit that represents the U.S. trial lawyers , the sum is necessary to remove all trace of civilization from the Amazonian oil patch. (Kohn, Swift & Graf is funding the litigation, Steven Donziger is orchestrating it.)

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Members of indigenous communities in the Amazon in Ecuador would like to know: What happened to the more than $20M reportedly raised on their behalf by now-disbarred NY lawyer Steven Donziger? #FollowtheMoney
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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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